Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.php Subject: Re: How stupid ARE people? Followup-To: alt.morons Date: Sun, 1 May 2011 00:27:49 -0000 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 33 Message-ID: <51mu88-fo9.ln1@mail.specsol.com> References: NNTP-Posting-Host: 5FQzpG9PgxCHgWX2ynv4yg.user.speranza.aioe.org X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.java.programmer:3394 comp.lang.c++:4539 comp.lang.php:1344 In comp.lang.php Joe Snodgrass wrote: > > After all the scary news about smart phones broadcasting people's > locations, I can't believe that > > 1) Some genius doesn't build a smart phone with no location tracking > and corner the market on people who want no part of it. There's money > to be made, genius! > > 2) Manufacturers don't put a control (preferably a hardware switch) on > the annoying things to *reliably* leave the feature turned off. > > 3) Customers don't raise a ruckus and demand that the feature be put > under their control, or else. > > Americans are heroin addicts, who will suck up anything, as long as > they get their shot every half hour. The FCC has required that all cell phone companies be able to trace cell phone calls to a location since 2005. You can thank 9/11 for that rule. Only whether or not the user can access the tracking data is optional. The only money to be made with a phone with no location tracking is in the fines and penalties you will get for selling it. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.