I understand why they want to do this, from a security perspective. They want to be able to tap these kinds of phones in criminal cases, in national security cases, etc. This is a hopeless effort, though. Creating an inventory of every Wi-Fi access point in the US? Including GPS in Net phones? Yeah, like that technology isn't going to get hacked as soon as it comes off the shelf.
>["According to an article on ZDNet, the FCC wants the ability to >[0]track Wi-fi accessible phones like the ZyXel phone. The FCC's June >report talked about several ways of [1]realizing a caller's location: >'creating an "inventory" of every Wi-Fi access point in the United >States, engaging in "mapping and triangulation" of those access >points, compiling an "access jack inventory" for wired VoIP users, or >even mandating that Net phones include GPS.] > >Is this a good, or a bad thing? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:169921 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
