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[Jeremy Portzer <jeremyp AT pobox.com>]

On Fri, 2003-10-31 at 11:43, Mark Turner wrote:
> Tanner Lovelace wrote:
> 
> > Of course the privacy implications of this are just incredible.
> > Do you really want the cell phone companies knowing exactly where
> > you went?  It's bad enough now with the new mandated 911 service.
> 
> The cell phone companies already DO know where you go. They track your 
> phone as it progresses from tower to tower. Even when your phone is not 
> being used.
> 

Well, sure, this central to how incoming calls work.  If the network
doesn't know which tower you are connected to, it can't place calls to
you.

--Jeremy

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