Re: [OT] Finding people with GSM phones (was Re: GPS heads up )

[Kris Kirby]

>       BTW, you do realize that in many cases "off" for your cell phone
> doesn't really mean off, right? :)

I have strong objections to small transcievers (what cell phones
actually are) that operate close to my body and don't let me know when
they are transmitting. When you're talking on it, you know it's
transmitting, but I'm talking about just about every other time when
you've got it on your belt or clipped to your side. I know they aren't
high power, but we don't know long term effects (actually, we do; we just
don't know the thresholds for triggering cancer, etc.).

I'm not thrilled at the aspect of a radio close to my head either. You can
feel a radio after it's been transmitting for a while and think:
"Something close to the amount of heat generated by this radio has been
sent out over the ether and I was standing right in front of it." Yes, to
cook your noodle you'd need a couple hundred watts but still, it's energy.

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