-> SNETNEWS Mailing List (sent to USCMike1's 9,750+ readership - please re-post to your own mailing list) "Feds not need satellites to track civilians - now they use your cell phone" Big Brother has been watching you and logging your every phone call and travels. USCMike1 Thanks to IdsRus for forwarding this post. Subj: Satellites that track people Date: 99-01-15 00:39:06 EST From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (W.G.E.N.) =============== SCAN THIS NEWS 1/14/99 All cellular phones now incorporate the same technology discussed below. In 1998 the FCC began requiring cellular service providers to develop systems that would allow a cell-phone user to be located anywhere within the coverage area in case the user dials 911. By 2001 the cellular system will be able to locate a phone within a 125-meter radius. [see: 'E911' Turns Cell Phones into Tracking Devices] [http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/9502.html] ------------------------------------------------------ Satellite Offenders by Joseph Rose 13.Jan.99.PST http://www.wired.com/news/news/technology/story/17296.html Satellites that track people are no longer reserved for enemies of the state. Global Positioning System technology is now being used to monitor convicted criminals on probation, parole, home detention, or work release. SecurityLink, a subsidiary of telecommunications giant Ameritech, said the Satellite Monitoring and Remote Tracking system, or SMART, allows corrections officials to watch an offender's every move. It gives prisons and jails "the ultimate electronic monitoring solution when they need it most," said SecurityLink project director Ed Maier. ---[snip--- "Now, for the first time, we have the technology to monitor an offender's whereabouts in real time," said Bill Kimberlin, chief probation officer for the Sandusky Municipal Court in Sandusky, Ohio, which began using SMART two weeks ago. ---[snip--- Developed by Pro Tech Monitoring Equipment of Palm Harbor, Florida, SMART uses the 24-satellite system to track the location of offenders around the clock. Convicts carry a small tracking device, which receives coordinates from GPS satellites and communicates them to a monitoring center. -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -> Posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
