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The Privacy of the GPS?
Sep. 16th, 2011 01:52 pmDo you know where your cell phone has been?
Or who else knows?
The lead-in for a news piece this morning bothers me.
It was really simple. It started with a woman with a cell phone in her hands saying, "Oh, he forgot his phone." Then she tapped on the phone, and followed the path that it showed her... To where a man was embracing another woman!
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But there's something about saying that we need to protect our privacy so that we can cheat on each other... Are you sure that's the argument you want to make?
On the other hand, I've been trying to figure out a good example for not wanting anyone to know where you are -- or were you have been -- and it's surprisingly difficult.
What do you think? Is your location a secret? Would it bother you to know that someone else can find out where you are?
Or who else knows?
The lead-in for a news piece this morning bothers me.
It was really simple. It started with a woman with a cell phone in her hands saying, "Oh, he forgot his phone." Then she tapped on the phone, and followed the path that it showed her... To where a man was embracing another woman!
( background... )
But there's something about saying that we need to protect our privacy so that we can cheat on each other... Are you sure that's the argument you want to make?
On the other hand, I've been trying to figure out a good example for not wanting anyone to know where you are -- or were you have been -- and it's surprisingly difficult.
What do you think? Is your location a secret? Would it bother you to know that someone else can find out where you are?
