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Luc · 10-25-2005, 11:40 PM

in us...

as part of a new homeland security law passed last year starting jan 1st, 2006 every new cell phone activated must have GPS capabilities built in so that the feds can "monitor" for terrorist activity.

verizon and all other cell phone companies will NOT activate a non-gps phone.

i didn't get a chance to look at the actual law, but i found this shit by accident when looking for a cell phone on ebay. most of the bulk cell phone sellers now have a disclaimer saying that if you don't activate this non-gps phone before jan 06, it won't get activated.

this got me really upset. imagine the data they can collect from these phones. they can track every cell phone user every minute of their life. this can be used to generate massive stats of people's daily activities. Linked with governments existing tax, etc records this data will probably be sold to large corporations who can put it to good use.

pretty fucked up ehh?

10-25-2005, 11:40 PM
Luc Confirmed User Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Houston Posts: 1,130	Starting Jan 1st, 2006 every new cell phone act must have GPS. homeland security. in us... as part of a new homeland security law passed last year starting jan 1st, 2006 every new cell phone activated must have GPS capabilities built in so that the feds can "monitor" for terrorist activity. verizon and all other cell phone companies will NOT activate a non-gps phone. i didn't get a chance to look at the actual law, but i found this shit by accident when looking for a cell phone on ebay. most of the bulk cell phone sellers now have a disclaimer saying that if you don't activate this non-gps phone before jan 06, it won't get activated. this got me really upset. imagine the data they can collect from these phones. they can track every cell phone user every minute of their life. this can be used to generate massive stats of people's daily activities. Linked with governments existing tax, etc records this data will probably be sold to large corporations who can put it to good use. pretty fucked up ehh? __________________ » Looking for Type-in domais? Page Rank domains? Alexa domains? Popular domains? » Domain Research Tool can scan hundreds of thousands of domains to find whatever you're looking for. » Auto-appraise domains and send automated domain offers in bulk with just one click. » Full support for Proxy Servers and International Overture. Try it Free.