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A research study conducted by Northeastern University secretly tracked the locations of 100,000 people outside the U.S. through their cell phone usage. Researchers used cell phone towers to track users' locations when they made calls or sent and received text messages. In another set of records, researchers used cell phones with tracking devices in them and got records for their locations every two hours over a week's time.
The FCC says that this type of non-consensual tracking is illegal in the U.S. The study co-author Albert-Lazlo Barabasi said that researchers didn't know what phone numbers were involved and randomly chose the 100.000 people to provide an extra layer of anonymity to the study.
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Posted by Anonymous | June 5, 2008 - 5:54pm
The Federal government is pretty cheeky about declaring tracking or for that matter spying on anyone when our own government illegally taps phone calls.
My position is that while I disagree with Northwestern's tactics, I expect the Fed's to set the example by following the law first.
Posted by A Cab Taxi | June 5, 2008 - 6:42pm
Our calls have been blocked not monitered for almost two years after learning a great deal of information in our area about federal coruption. My name is Randy Albert and I have been the owner of A Cab Taxi here in Elk City Oklahoma for almost 9 years. I have been rode like a mule by these guys and now steped on like an ant. I have switched phone carriers 10 times since this started and finally after tapeing over two hundred hours of video showing these difficulties we could be very close to a huge law suit against many. sincerly the kingpin P. S. I would like your advise and opinion if possible.
Posted by Anonymous | December 4, 2008 - 1:30pm
go get a job you crazy pycho, that's my opinion
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