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Thursday, 16 February 2012

Cell Phones: The New Bat Signal

Cell phones seem like an innocuous way to keep in touch with the kids, to access the internet from any location, and a way to call for help if your car breaks down. In reality, though, the phone attached to your hip is not so innocuous. This part of everyday American culture is little more than a personal locator that can be activated at any point in time by persons who may or may not have our best interests at heart. Because it's entertaining, modern and cool to have, we gobble it up without a second thought towards our privacy.

Your locator beacon mobile device has a lot of little tricks of which you may be unaware. Since 2002, the FCC has mandated that ALL cellphones be equipped with a GPS locator. The technology was mandated under the guise of response to 911 calls. ALL cellphones can be tracked to within 50-200 meters of your physical location....read more>>...