> Chrissy Cruiser wrote:
>
>>But wait, see that new GSM cell phone? Sucker
>>tracks you like a beacon not to mention the whole array of new satellites
>>going up for real time looks at the entire nation.
On Sun, 1 May 2005 11:22:30 +0200, Ken Tough wrote:
> I'm surprised by how many people don't know that tracking every
> movement of someone with a standard cell phone is just a matter
> of a few keystrokes. Any GSM can be located in a 100m circle,
> and most people leave theirs switched on all the time. If anyone
> in authority wanted to know where you were and what you did every
> day, they can find out without leaving their desk. No "new" cell
> technology incorporating GPS is required.
It's a co-conspiracy here, Ken, as the cell phone makers offer little to no
assistance in either advancing that knowledge or in supplying the
information on how to switch it off. MOF, I was unaware of this until about
a year ago when a savvy GPS coder showed me his GSM phone and how he had
dismantled the signal.
The co-conspiracy here is that, I believe, in order to operate GSM you must
be licensed. In order to be licensed, you must kowtow to the FedGov wishes
and rules. I find it impossible to believe that the cell phone
manufacturers aren't being "advised" to leave this in the dark.
>>> One reason to go with RFID is so you can
>>> surreptitiously scan people as they walk along, monitor their
>>> movements, etc.
>>
>>Ken, Ken, that's devious, They *wouldn't* do that, would they?Wait a
>>minute. you might be right. THEY LIED. They said NO WAY will that RFID chip
>>be read over 10 silly centiimeters away. Uh, tests succeeded at 30 feet.
On Sun, 1 May 2005 11:22:30 +0200, Ken Tough wrote:
> Of course it can be read from several feet. That's the idea of RFID
> chips which will before long be on every piece of merchandise you buy.
> Your shopping cart can be scanned instantly without unpacking it.
> On the supply-side, pallets can be tracked in and out of warehouses,
> and filched merchandise found easily. (This is the big driver from
> the commercial side).
Leading the way is WalMart and when I mean leading, I mean that when they
decide to invoke a new technology, it becomes a retailing standard. Once it
is of the norm on the retailing side, the consumer soon become immune to
the very presence of it. As you point out, many of us will soon be wearing
these RFID tags, many are right now, without any knowledge of the
capabilities of this invasive action against our privacies.
> But on the other hand, any shop with a scanner in its doorway will
> know when someone with a Gucci sweater walks in, and possibly where
> you bought it. "...Greetings Sir or Madam. If you would like to
> replace that 3 month old sweater you are wearing, you might like
> the specials on winterwear in our mens/womens wear department..."
>
> Already in many countries, GSM cell technology is used by shops to
> send you targetted SMS just before you pass the door.
Sure is. Take Google for instance. It tracks your IP and your Googling
preferences, look to the right sometime and you will find, on a Google
search, that there is an advertisement that has little to nothing to do
with that search. Hey, I was looking for . and got an ad for pink
sweaters. How the heck did they know I liked pink sweaters :)?
This is police state technology and they haven't even begun to roll out the
advanced stuff yet.
A couple of years ago, I got an anonymous email, spoofed IP, with an
attachment. I tell you I was nervous about it not because it might be
malware but that it might be classified. That's a Patriot Act violation,
nothing more needs to be said.
I noticed a thing here and there in the headers that were left as a clues
of it being OK by the author so I dloaded it and it was a 3D barcode. Full
color, rotating, can be invisibly embedded, read from any angle, virtual
barcode. I kid you not. The uses of this thing are staggering. The color
spectrum makes it readable at unknown distances.
I didn't know whether to laugh, cry or run. So I put a Guttman erasure on
it, removed my thumb drive and placed it under the rear tire of my car and
crushed it. |