On Sun, 04 Jun 2006 11:22:00 GMT, Taylor wrote:
>> Could you tell us why phones have been equipped with such technology?
>
>Such technology - the technology youre referring to is used to make and
>receive phone calls, plus receive porn videos and other exciting trinkets...
>
>Its that technology *currently* that is used to use a multi-metric
>calculation (in the end) to give a best-guesstimate as to the location of
>the handset at that time. Today there is no specialist technology in our
>mobiles which is exclusively used for tracking, but in the future this may
>change, who knows.
I may not know all the details of the technology, but it would appear
that I know more than yourself. Phone firmware that enables the phone
to send an accurate location was introduced specifically to enable
tracking, and has no other purpose.
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Cynic