Cellphone Tracking

[Guest guest]

Yes, it is correct, that cellphones provide a permanent record of

where individuals (who have them) are and where they travel. I was

on a jury, a few years ago. Almost all the evidence was based upon

cellphone records, locating persons in relation to where crimes had

been committed. We tracked certain persons on a map, in relation to

cellphone towers, the direction of travel (by date and time), all by

their cellphones. It's not even necessary to use the phones, just

have them present, battery installed. Of course, the record of who

called whom, was also used. Police began to also record

conversations, due to suspected involvement in the crimes. Even

without the voice record, cellphones can provide evidence of where a

person was, and track them, over as many years as may be desired.

The only way to prevent this, is to take out the battery, and even

so, there may be ways of identifying and tracking. " Yes, Mrs. Jones,

we know you were at the Mall, June 20th/2001, 2-4pm, and the RFID tag

on your clothing records that you were in Sears, leaving with a new

pair of shoes, on sale at 40% off. Your credit card records your

lunch: a baguette tomatoe and cheese sandwich, eaten just before you

left for home 4:05, along Parker Way, right to Straight Street, a

turn to the Freeway, travelling north to..... and we have you also on

surveillance cameras. " A frequent comment might be: " Why worry, if

you've done nothing wrong? " " The public feels safer, being

monitored. " Well, Mrs. Jones fat behind has been recorded in the

dressing room of Sears, and she'll wonder why she's now receiving

advertising by Jenny Craig. Her medical insurer put her premiums up,

because that cheese baguette may raise her already high LDL. Who

needs to know where we are and what we do, and in such detail?

Steve