| Re: How stupid ARE people? [message #173763 is a reply to message #173758] |
Tue, 03 May 2011 16:48  |
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In comp.lang.php Joe Snodgrass <joe(dot)snod(at)yahoo(dot)com> wrote:
> On Apr 30, 8:27 pm, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote:
>> In comp.lang.phpJoeSnodgrass<joe.s...@yahoo.com> wrote:
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>>> After all the scary news about smart phones broadcasting people's
>>> locations, I can't believe that
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>>> 1) Some genius doesn't build a smart phone with no location tracking
>>> and corner the market on people who want no part of it. There's money
>>> to be made, genius!
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>>> 2) Manufacturers don't put a control (preferably a hardware switch) on
>>> the annoying things to *reliably* leave the feature turned off.
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>>> 3) Customers don't raise a ruckus and demand that the feature be put
>>> under their control, or else.
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>>> Americans are heroin addicts, who will suck up anything, as long as
>>> they get their shot every half hour.
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>> The FCC has required that all cell phone companies be able to trace
>> cell phone calls to a location since 2005.
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>> You can thank 9/11 for that rule.
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>> Only whether or not the user can access the tracking data is optional.
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>> The only money to be made with a phone with no location tracking is in
>> the fines and penalties you will get for selling it.
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> Then the only alternative is to try disconnect the GPS chip. I
> suppose that it's too much to ask for the chip to have little legs, so
> you can just cut it off the circuit by snipping the power pin. I
> wonder if the OS is robust enough to tolerate a loss of that signal or
> if you'd get the cellphone equivalent of a BSOD.
Not all phones use GPS, so that is not an alternative.
The only real alternative is to not carry a cellphone if you are that
paranoid or involved in questionable activities.
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Jim Pennino
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