[IP] Getting consumers' consent to sell cellphone tracking data

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

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From: DV Henkel-Wallace <gumby@henkel-wallace.org>
Date: November 30, 2005 8:09:26 PM EST
To: Kris Gabor <kgabor@aol.com>
Cc: David Farber <dave@farber.net>, rms@computerbytesman.com
Subject: Re: [IP] Getting consumers' consent to sell cellphone  
tracking data

Your message skips the crux of the matter: what's their incentive to  
keep it anonymous?  How is it that nobody ever implements an  
anonymous automotive toll system (e.g. FASTRAK here in the bay area)  
even though it's _less_ effort?

And in the specific case of mobile phones, the carriers have yet to  
exhibit even a shred of concern for their customer's interest.

> From: Kris Gabor <kgabor@aol.com>
> Date: November 30, 2005 4:18:13 PM EST
>
> Interesting debate.  I don't see the big deal here, though.  A lot of
> valuable information can be gleaned from using cell phones as  
> anonymous
> mobile transponders.  The key is that the wireless carriers not  
> pass on any
> personally identifiable information





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