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Originally posted by MikeboydUS
We can already track you through your iPhones and Droids.
Even if your GPS apps or phone are turned off we can still pinpoint what cell you are in, estimate the distance to the cell's base station, and trigangulate within tens of meters of your coordinates. Even the phone's microphone and camera can be accessed, without probable cause, to transmit audio and video.
Unless you take out the battery.
People are lazy though. So most don't do that.
Since most people don't take out the battery, when you do it makes you a void, an object of interest.
Either way you get tracked.
Originally posted by MikeboydUS
reply to post by KnightFire
You are correct about the secondary batteries being potentially used.
You are also correct about social engineering sites, which allow an entire profile to be built around a person.
Combine that with activities on a mobile device and credit/debit purchases, you can make a pretty complete analysis on behaviors, habits, personality, etc.
The people that don't participate in the system still stand out as voids though, which makes them suspicious and can lead to further inquiry.
Mobile phone (cell phone) microphones can be activated remotely, without any need for physical access.
Commercial use of the personal data collected as part of the programmes has the potential for abuse. It is highly likely that consumer purchases are tracked and analyzed towards more efficient marketing and advertising (in fact, this can be one of the purposes of the loyalty card.) To some, participating in a loyalty program (even with a fake or anonymous card) funds activities that violate privacy.
It sounds good - loyalty cards entitle us to freebies or cash simply for shopping at our local superstore. Of course, retailers get something in return: a heap of information about us we might prefer them not to know. That's before they get started on the new tags that track you and what you buy.
Originally posted by 46ACE
That's why I strongly object
(react)to every inch people want to give the fed gov.Some members here make my head explode:"they protect us"... gaaaaahhhh!!!!edit on 25-8-2011 by 46ACE because: (no reason given)