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To: Dave who wrote (10696)	4/16/2001 11:06:28 AM
From: JohnG	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

Dave, You are clearly absolutely wrong in saying that the network does not know where you are. The proof is that the network, in the future, will provide your phone with location specific advertising and other information that resides on the network. We are talking information that is location specific within a 50 foot radius. To obtain such information, either your phone must request it by giving the network its precise location as computed using GPS or else, the network must know the location of your phone and initiate the transmission of this information. When you compute your location using GPS, your privacy is not comprimised. There are no other possibilities. My point is that, by using GPS on a network that respects my privacy, I can choose whether or not to tell the network my precise location. Alternately, by subscribing to a network that fails to respect my privacy, this network plus any federal agency or any private organization that is willing to pay off the right people can determine my precise location.