Re: Attention Larry, it's time to get out the heavy-duty foil

Elmo P. Shagnasty wrote:
> http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2009/12/gps-data
>
> Feds ŒPinged¹ Sprint GPS Data 8 Million Times Over a Year
>
> Sprint Nextel provided law enforcement agencies with customer location
> data more than 8 million times between September 2008 and October 2009,
> according to a company manager who disclosed the statistic at a
> non-public interception and wiretapping conference in October.
>
> The manager also revealed the existence of a previously undisclosed web
> portal that Sprint provides law enforcement to conduct automated ³pings²
> to track users. Through the website, authorized agents can type in a
> mobile phone number and obtain global positioning system (GPS)
> coordinates of the phone.


Well that clinches it, I'm turning off location services AND
wrapping my phone in foil....

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