You can always turn off the phone when you don't want to be tracked. I really don't get his argument - any device based on transmitting radio is inherently trackable - at least identified to the device level. So if you want the convenience of portable connections, you must accept the possibility that someone is tracking you. You can, of course, obfuscate where necessary.
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 10:12:15AM -0600, Owen Densmore wrote: > I kinda like Stallman's rants, always food for thought. Basically he sees > them as far too controllable by proprietary software and wireless vendors. > > http://mobile.slashdot.org/story/11/03/15/0432226/ > http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/031411-richard-stallman.html > > "I don't have a cell phone. I won't carry a cell phone," says Stallman, > founder of the free software movement and creator of the GNU operating > system. "It's Stalin's dream. Cell phones are tools of Big Brother. I'm not > going to carry a tracking device that records where I go all the time, and > I'm not going to carry a surveillance device that can be turned on to > eavesdrop." > > -- Owen > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Prof Russell Standish Phone 0425 253119 (mobile) Mathematics UNSW SYDNEY 2052 hpco...@hpcoders.com.au Australia http://www.hpcoders.com.au ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ============================================================ FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College lectures, archives, unsubscribe, maps at http://www.friam.org
