Helo, in fact nothing more than a classic commercial geolocation server as it can be used in opt-in or automatic way for car fleet management, for example. We did sth like this integrating a probe software inside a phone, but you can ping (paging) very well a device directly from a server every x min. (there are even commercial offers from telcos)- nevertheless, to do it on all customers at once will break down the network... cf. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1467-9663.2008.00493.x/abstract
Best ZS -----Message d'origine----- De : mobile-society@googlegroups.com [mailto:mobile-society@googlegroups.com] De la part de richard.l...@telenor.com Envoyé : jeudi 31 mars 2011 08:13 À : mobile-society@googlegroups.com Objet : [mobile-society] Mobile tracking Dear all, There have been some interesting articles on the tracking of mobile phone customers. A German member of parliament has a loaded his location information so that it is possible to track his movements. It is also possible to see the cell tower he is connected to and there is an icon showing whether he is making a call. As far as I know, you cannot see who he is calling, the content of texts etc. There has been some discussion about the telecomm operators tracking people. It is clear that they track their subscribers since they need to know where they are in case they are called. As I understand it, the phone "pings" the system every few seconds to let the system know where it is. If the phone (and its owner) are moving, this information is also used to alert the different towers as the signal degenerates in the one and grows stronger in the other. The text in the Fast Company article makes is all sound quite nefarious, and I suppose that it could be if it were misused. However it is a necessary part of the system. Rich L. http://www.zeit.de/datenschutz/malte-spitz-data-retention http://www.fastcompany.com/1743521/infographic-of-the-day-watch-a-cell-phone-company-stalk-a-customer -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to mobile-society@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mobile-society+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mobile-society" group. To post to this group, send email to mobile-society@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to mobile-society+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mobile-society?hl=en.
