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Your Cell Phone as a Beacon






Yesterday evening was a pretty typical weeknight within my home, I owned home from work

and filled up with gas before I got home, I left my house again at around 5: 30

to take my son to his Karate lesson. While I was out I stopped by the local

library to return some books and then swung over to the dry cleaners to receive

my tops and slacks and some stuff for my wife. I picked up my son from his

lesson and we stopped off at the grocery store to receive some bread and milk on

our which were found to the house.


Now, you aren't the first visitors to know my whereabouts that night. Because I

had my cellular with me, the cell phone company that provides my cellular

services knew where I was at the entire time. They followed me with my cellular

telephone.


How is this possible?


It will be possible because people who use their cell phone need to be able to make a

call whenever and wherever they may be located at the time they dial the number

on their phone. Therefore, the cellular companies must be able to route the decision

to the nearest cellular tower system, which will sends your call to the satellite in

space, which sends your signal to the person you are calling. The tower system that

handled the decision is typically logged (and stored indefinitely) on the wireless

provider's computers, though it's not noted on the consumer's invoice. In

order for the cell phone company to know what tower system you are at, they need to be

able to track the signal from your cell phone when it is on.


In the expanded age of advanced communication and the literally thousands of

issues of privacy that it has since spawned, many people would be horrified to

learn that they can be followed by the phone company via their mobile phone. The

phone companies claim this is a integral area of the service they provide,

privacy advocates say that this is just another way large enterprises have

breachedintruded our lives.


Wading into the mix over this controversy concerning your cell phone is another

larger and important player: law enforcement. Law enforcement agencies are now

utilizing the technology of tracking cellular signals to catch criminals and

terrorists. A few cases of dangerous criminals being followed and caught while on

their mobile phones have been documented and law enforcement is now fighting with

the cellular companies to ensure its continued use.


Have we lost our privacy by cell phone tracking or have we just gained a

valuable tool for law enforcement to use in keeping us safe? Do the cell phone

companies need to know where you are supposedly in order to provide their service, or have

they found, as some privacy advocates claim, a backdoor into your life, your

locations, your shopping habits?


Part One: Mobile 911.


According to the TechTV Show "Talkback", Cell phones show where you are supposedly, and

that is simply part of their design. Without the ability to pinpoint where the

signal from your phone is coming from, calls could never get in touch. Because

cell phones decry the use of wires, and the users making the calls are often on

the move, the decision and the receiving signal are not at a fixed location.

Therefore, the signal from the cell phone must be followed.



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