At 08:43 23-01-01 -0800, you wrote:
>I have been studying what the industry is doing in this regard. The
>fundamental issue I see is that there is no way to "opt" out of the service.
>There will be Location services brokers that will do regular queries of your
>location at regular intervals. The purpose is to market to you based on your
>LOCATION. For instance, you drive by the local coffee house, and your cell
>phone alerts you to a special running at the house, and a coupon for 10%
>off, if you show them your cell phone. You can make a query for a movie you
>want to see, and it will give you times to the three closest theaters, and
>driving instructions.
>
>What is really sinister is you will be able to choose a setting from a
>service that will alert you if someone in your phone list is within, say 300
>METERS (this one's for you Alberto), of you.
>The benefits is that if you get in an accident, you only have to push one
>button, and EMS will magically appear to your location. You can also give
>your children a cell phone, and set geographical "boundaries" that they can
>cannot cross. You would be alerted if they cross the boundary. You can also
>track their location, binding coordinates to friends houses, or school.
>
>This really is a move towards transparency, since the data collected will be
>publicly viewable to all (This would include any government official or law
>enforcement). Anyone should be able to track where another person is at at
>any time.
>
>Nerd From Hell
>
>BTW - If anyone is interested in seeing a business proposal related to this
>technology, respond to be privately.
The proposal is for an anonymizer, one hopes.
-- Ronn! :)
