Puck. It appears that the European business man's beloved PSION will bite the dust due to Euroserf socialist delay of wireless progress. This is but one example of the huge collateral damage caused by NOK and its running dog political allies in Euroserf land in their futile efforts to benefit financially by stopping worldwide progress through the implementation of the CABAL's political agenda. Applications and innovative devices will be spawned in the US and ASIA. Euroserfs think more like Labor Union leaders than business visionaries. If the leaders have no vision, then the nation will come to grief and the people will perish..
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To:JGoren who wrote (101705)
From: ronho
Saturday, Jul 14, 2001 11:03 AM
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For those of you that don't totally understand QCOM and Snap Track, l want to say that the Snap Track system is the
only system that currently meets the 911 mandated standards for precise location and gives the user of the wireless device
a choice of whether or not th reveal his position to the wireless phone system (and to big brother, private detectives, or
whomever can extract your location information from the wireless network operators.
Passage of this critical piece of legislation is a HUGE benefit for Snap Track. Although it doesn't appear to mandate the
use of Snap Track, it does air the problem and propose that access to information from invasive systems such as the one
proposed by Verizon be restricted. The next step would be to prevent the misuse of personal location informatoin by not
collecting it in the first place or by comsumers exercising their right to choice by dropping Verizon and signing up with
Sprint.
This movement can really help QCOM ASIC sales as every Qualcom CDMA ASIC will have Snap Track incorporated
on board. All of the wireless operators who have been footdragging on meeting the 911 location regulations by this fall
will suddenly be informed that Snap Track is a way to do this that will protect them from future lecislation that could
obsolete their systems and phones (only Sprint and NTT have committed to Snap Track).
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Is your cell phone spying on you?
Bill would limit location monitoring by wireless devices
By Lauren Dunn, Medill News Service
Last Update: 5:02 AM ET July 14, 2001
WASHINGTON -- A bill introduced in the Senate is intended to
protect cell phone users from what some are calling the next
"Big Brother."
The bill, introduced by Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C., would allow
consumers who use mobile communication devices, such as cell
phones, pagers, Palm Pilots and global positioning systems, to
choose whether they want their location to be monitored.
The idea is to protect consumers from marketers who want to track
their whereabouts and sell the information without permission. Read
Edwards' press release.
"If you have a cell phone in your pocket or
Onstar in your car, somebody knows where
you are at all times," Edwards says. "This bill
is designed to make sure no one misuses
your personal information."
According to the legislation, wireless
services would have to notify consumers
when tracking their location and could not
disclose or sell the data without getting
consent. Consumers would need to see the
information before it is given to anyone and
would have the ability to correct errors.
Opt-in or opt-out?
However, Debbie Frakes, vice president of
communications for Onstar, a global
positioning system for GM vehicles that can
track a car's location in case of an accident
or for directions, called Edwards' comments
"ludicrous."
According to Frakes, Onstar, which has more than 1 million
subscribers, can pinpoint your location only if you press a button or
are in an accident where the air bag is deployed. Onstar is owned
by General Motors (GM: news, msgs, alerts) .
Other mobile tracking devices include Airbiquity's global positioning
system, which attaches to cell phones. Like Onstar, pressing a
button activates the system.
Both systems use an "opt-in" approach to service, where users
activate the system themselves. Contrary to the "opt-out" approach,
which asks users whether they want to be located, with "opt-in,"
consumers are tracked only if they press a button.
"Opt-in is really only the way to go," said Andy Rimkus of privately
held Airbiquity. "Giving customers the option is critical."
Wide support
Technology policy analysts expect the bill to get wide support in the
Senate but are unsure how quickly it will move through Congress.
Ari Schwartz, associate director for the Center for Democracy and
Technology, a group that promotes civil liberties on the Internet and
in other new technologies, says the legislation is a first step toward
protecting cell phone users from being tracked by companies
hungry to make some extra money.
"The legislation is important because it's forward-looking in terms of
ensuring a marketplace for the new wireless tools so they don't
become digital dog tags, tracking individuals wherever they go,"
Schwartz says.
He adds that the issue has wide support in the Senate, and there
hasn't been any vocal opposition to date.
However, David Sobel, the Electronic Privacy Information Center's
general counsel, says that before the legislation is passed, its
language needs to be clarified.
He said the section that would allow consumers
to decide whether they want their location
disclosed is too vague and could lead to sketchy
fine print. He also questioned the bill's definition
of "consent," saying the bill's broad wording
could lead to "a lot of mischief."
"It really comes down to details and making sure
consumers are given meaningful and easy to
use control of information," Sobel said.
Travis Larson, a spokesman for the Cellular
Telecommunications and Internet Association,
which represents the interests of wireless
companies and Internet service providers, including Onstar,
America Online (AOL: news, msgs, alerts) and Sprint PCS (PCS:
news, msgs, alerts) , declined to comment on the legislation
because he hadn't read it. But he says cellular privacy is a primary
issue for his organization.
According to a Federal Communications Commission
spokeswoman, the association recently submitted a request for a
set of privacy rules to be enacted. The FCC is reviewing the
request.
"The wireless industry only makes money when people have their
phones on," Larson said. "If people are constantly being spammed
on their cell phones, then they are going to turn them off." |
