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From: cybrspc!roy@cs.umn.edu (Roy M. Silvernail)
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Subject: Re: Motorola Plans Global Cellular Thrust
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Date: 2 Jul 90 09:43:01 GMT
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gammal@altitude.cam.org (Michael Gammal) writes:

> I don't trust Motorola's world-wide plans! (World Cellular)
> Sounds like a nice way for espionage!
> Think about it...
> Every single user has their own coding....
> Thus can locate any individual anywhere!

An interesting idea, indeed. The way I saw the plan presented, though,
I'm not sure how closely a sat-cell call could be tracked.

I'd like to find out more about this system. Perhaps someone could
point out some references or post a summary of the technical details
to the Digest?


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