The data is there and not only for security applications. For example Gov'ts
could use the information collected from thousands of motorist, pedestrians,
etc and track their movements, this would provide them with empirical data
about the use of highways, railroads, buses and streets etc. They could use
the data to discover bottlenecks and prioritize expenditure in further
infrastructure. A little program and lots of data could provide some
interesting models of where people in general are moving to and from. Some
little company could make lots of money with such an application. Phone
operators could sell this info. Provided that individual data is not
collected but anonymous trends are outlined there should not be privacy
concerns.
One example, charter bus lines could be deployed for special recurring
events like soccer matches. People going to the game can be tracked
according to their destination the soccer stadium. They can be grouped
according to their origin and then buses can be chartered to avoid
congestion in the city center.
Jorge Alonso
----- Original Message -----
From: "John Whelan" <john.whelan@alatto.com>
To: <keitai-l@appelsiini.net>
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 1:54 AM
Subject: (keitai-l) Re: JPhone introduces Prepay (extended to Wireless
Forensics in general)
> There is some very interesting information in Benjamin's positing re:
> wireless forensics. However I believe from simple geometry that the signal
> strength and cell id data will only give something similar to a circle.
This
> still makes it very difficult to pinpoint location. However in combination
> with other data cell id can provide very useful information to police.
>
> For example the most famous case of using wireless forensic that I have
come
> across is the tragic case of the Omagh bomb in Ireland a few years ago.
> Police identified 2 mobile phones that traveled through several cells in
> tandem to the bomb location before the explosion and traveled back
together
> afterwards. Such activity was typical of scout car activity as the first
car
> warned of security checkpoints ahead whilst the second carried the bomb.
For
> some legal reason the evidence was not enough to secure a prosecution
> although one of the accused in in court at the moment but I believe there
is
> a ban on media coverage.
>
> John
>
> www.alatto.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net
> [mailto:keitai-l-bounce@appelsiini.net]On Behalf Of Benjamin Kowarsch
> Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 2:24 AM
> To: keitai-l@appelsiini.net
> Subject: (keitai-l) Re: JPhone introduces Prepay
>
>
>
> With prepaid, you can watch that data live on screen while you make that
> test call. Part of that data is the cell site ID and the signal
> strength. In a city centre this would pinpoint you within a few hundred
> yards.
>
>
>
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