December 21, 2003

Personal location devices are beginning to catch on

Amy Harmon's NY Times article, "Lost? Hiding? Your Cellphone Is Keeping Tabs", paints a chilling portrait of cell-enabled surveillance. "Some users [of cellular location-tracking services] say the technology threatens an everyday autonomy that is largely taken for granted. The devices, they say, promote the scrutiny of small decisions where to have lunch, when to take a break, how fast to drive rather than general accountability". Via MobileWhack.

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