[Homestead] GPS in every simcard - "locational privacy" concerns

bob ford bobford79 at yahoo.com
Thu Nov 20 18:28:06 EST 2008


Wiki amswer is better than my attempt:

"A Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) is part of a removable smart card ICC (Integrated Circuit Card), also known as SIM Cards, for mobile cellular telephony devices such as mobile computers and mobile phones. SIM cards securely store the service-subscriber key (IMSI) used to identify a subscriber. The SIM card allows users to change phones by simply removing the SIM card from one mobile phone and inserting it into another mobile phone or broadband telephony device."
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--- On Thu, 11/20/08, Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com> wrote:

> From: Lynn Wigglesworth <lynnw1366 at hotmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Homestead] GPS in every simcard - "locational privacy" concerns
> To: bobford79 at yahoo.com, homestead at lists.ibiblio.org
> Date: Thursday, November 20, 2008, 4:14 PM
> > There is about to be a GPS locator in every simcard,
> not just in the phone.  This technology is progreesing
> rapidly to the point of live tracking and recording
> everything, everywhere.
> > 
> What's a simcard?
> 
> Lynn Wigglesworth


      



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