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

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

Begin forwarded message:

From: david zuhn <david.zuhn@gmail.com>
Date: November 30, 2005 5:32:41 PM EST
To: dave@farber.net
Subject: Re: [IP] more on Getting consumers' consent to sell  
cellphone tracking data

> handsets.  I have yet to find an E911 location-capable handset that
> offers the owner ANY control over how and when the phone transmits
> location information.

My phone, a Kyocera <mumble>, gotten through Qwest, offers me a choice
of transmitting location information for all calls or just for 911.
It was even fairly prominent in the phone README document, if I
remember correctly.

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david d zuhn,  St Paul Bridge & Terminal Ry.,  St. Paul, Minn.
http://stpaulterminal.org/



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