Human Geographers' delight/nightmare

"Can You Find Me Now?"
http://blog.aclu.org/2008/07/01/can-you-find-me-now/

Today the ACLU sued the Justice Department to force it to reveal its policies for tracking the location of cell phones. As anyone who watches Law & Order: SVU knows, all cell phones double as tracking devices.They send cell phone networks information that provides a pretty accurate idea of where they are physically located. This means that if you go for a walk around town with a cell phone in your pocket, it is possible for your cell phone provider to trace your route.

At least today, your cell phone provider does not have a business reason to keep such close track of you. But the government has plenty of reasons to want to do so. The question is under what circumstances the government is going to be able to access such information.

One of the more ominous phrases in there is "At least today".

Photo: "tell me, whats in your cellphone?" by frischmilch