Check out this site: http://www.yugatech.com/blog/telecoms/is-our-privacy-protected-by-the-telcos/
It talks about how someone received a text from a person he had a grudge against which contained his number and location a.k.a. “I know where you live”. The sender apparently has a friend working at a telco and telcos have a service that can track a person down by triangulating a cellphone’s signal.
The question raised was that if GPS-tracking via cell tower triangulation can just be accessed and used by anyone inside the telco (free to be distributed to family and friends), what protection against invasion of privacy do we have?
So what protection is there? I’m pretty sure telcos have company policy that prohibits disclosure of personal information. Failing that, inform the telco of the breach. If you’re ignored, want to ruffle some feathers, and are willing to go thru the hassle, sue the telco.
What’s the use of the triangulation service, anyway? Other than for emergency situations, I don’t see the point of telcos offering the service commercially. Do you? Talk about invasion of privacy.
It talks about how someone received a text from a person he had a grudge against which contained his number and location a.k.a. “I know where you live”. The sender apparently has a friend working at a telco and telcos have a service that can track a person down by triangulating a cellphone’s signal.
The question raised was that if GPS-tracking via cell tower triangulation can just be accessed and used by anyone inside the telco (free to be distributed to family and friends), what protection against invasion of privacy do we have?
So what protection is there? I’m pretty sure telcos have company policy that prohibits disclosure of personal information. Failing that, inform the telco of the breach. If you’re ignored, want to ruffle some feathers, and are willing to go thru the hassle, sue the telco.
What’s the use of the triangulation service, anyway? Other than for emergency situations, I don’t see the point of telcos offering the service commercially. Do you? Talk about invasion of privacy.
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