[IP] Spying on Snookums With GPS

[Dave Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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[Note:  This item comes from reader Monty Solomon.  DLH]

At 11:35 -0800 1/4/03, Monty Solomon wrote:
>From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
>Subject: Spying on Snookums With GPS
>Date: Sat, 4 Jan 2003 11:35:57 -0800
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>Spying on Snookums With GPS
>
>By Randy Dotinga
>02:00 AM Jan. 03, 2003 PT
>
>In a rambling building that overlooks a freeway in San Diego, a bank
>of computers monitors the travels of trucks carrying hazardous
>materials, making sure they don't go anywhere near such landmarks as
>the White House and the capitol building of Arkansas.
>
>Using GPS software, the computers also track cars for seven police
>agencies. Some of the vehicles are waiting to be stolen, while others
>are driven by unsuspecting suspects who are under surveillance.
>
>And then there are the private citizens, some 5,000 of them, whose
>cars are tracked night and day. Finding their latitude and longitude
>is as easy as logging on to the Internet, typing in a password and
>looking at a computerized map. It's impossible, however, to find out
>how many of the customers track their spouses or partners without
>telling them.
>
>...
>
><http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,56537,00.html>

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