Shown below are two articles regarding the use by law enforcement of the tracking features of your cell phone. One shows how they may see where you have been over an amount of time. The second article is even more concerning. According an ACLU news release, "several years ago, (Michigan State Police) acquired portable devices that have the potential to quickly download data from cell phones without the owner of the cellphone knowing."
Yes. We live in a world where our privacy is limited. The younger generation gives it up willingly. The older generation gives it up without even knowing it. However, the facts are clear and the pattern is clear. Authorities, whoever they may be in the future good or evil, will have the ability to track and monitor us without our knowledge. Just why do you think the President met with Google, Intel, and Apple? How about the features on phones that we think we may like including Google's Near Field Communication Plan, and Visa's march toward person to person payments? Are they beneficial in the long run? This site has reported how technology could turn cell phones into wallets. These are not isolated incidences without any connection. The pieces are falling into place. While our current governments may have nothing nefarious in mind, the track is being laid to our own Auschwitz. Look here and see how this network of technology will soon be used against us by a sole world leader. He will use it for control. He will use it to our detriment. Wake up! Look around you. Do not fall asleep to the drumbeat of normalcy. These things are not normal. They only appear to be normal to us because they are slowly happening around us and we adapt. Now is not the time for sleep, but to be active and prepare.
How police have obtained iPhone, iPad tracking logs | Privacy Inc. - CNET News: "Law enforcement agencies have known since at least last year that an iPhone or iPad surreptitiously records its owner's approximate location, and have used that geolocation data to aid criminal investigations.
State police aims to clarify data extraction device use: Michigan State Police says a claim by the American Civil Liberties Union that the agency has devices that can quickly download data from cell phones without the knowledge of the owner is untrue, and officials with Petoskey post say they aim to eliminate any such misconceptions.
