Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ncar!ames!lll-winken!netsys!vector!telecom-gateway From: decvax!decwrl!apple!zygot!john@ucbvax.berkeley.edu (John Higdon) Newsgroups: comp.dcom.telecom Subject: Re: Cellular Phones and Big Brother Message-ID: Date: 4 Apr 89 03:49:20 GMT Sender: news@vector.UUCP Organization: ATI Wares Team Lines: 21 Approved: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-Submissions-To: telecom@eecs.nwu.edu X-Administrivia-To: telecom-request@vector.uucp X-TELECOM-Digest: volume 9, issue 123, message 2 of 5 In article , xrtll!rsnider@nexus.yorku.ca writes: > So how many people out there just decided to turn off their cellular > phone when they are not using it or expecting calls ? > After all, you ARE being watched...... Frankly, I do turn off my handheld when I am not using it or expecting calls, but that's only to preserve the battery. I really don't care if the cellular system "knows" where I am; I'm not hiding. Now if my boss could tell that I wasn't calling from downtown San Francisco but instead calling from the Napa wine country, that would be a different matter. I suspect, however, that this information will not be available on a casual basis. If you stop to think about it, *they* certainly know where you are when you use your home or office phone, don't they. And I understand that the cellular phone is still the communications medium of choice among LA's finest drug dealers:-) -- John Higdon john@zygot ..sun!{apple|cohesive|pacbell}!zygot!john