Mobile devices are now equipped with “E911capablilities” or “Location On” which allow the user’s provider to know there exact location. E911 is supposed to be for emergencies only and Location On is constant known location. Although these technologies are available with recent Smartphones location is already known and these options do not exist. Many new Smartphones such as Android use Google technology to acquire the user’s GPS location when searching for the nearest McDonalds for example. While allowing the cell phone to have this capability is a fast way to retrieve information, it can also be a scary one because “no federal statue is keeping the wireless provider from informing Dunkin Donuts that your visits to Starbucks have been dropping off and you may be ripe for a special coupon offer” (Koerner, 2003). This basically means that no law makes the wireless provider keep the user’s location information private.
References
Koerner, B. I. (n.d.). Legal Affairs. Legal
Affairs. Retrieved online website on February 26, 2012 from: http://www.legalaffairs.org/issues/July-Augus2003/feature_koerner_julaug03.msp
This online website gave insight to cellular devices
and how they affect the user’s privacy.
This gave me example of how privacy was affected.
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