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Subject:Re: The Ideal vanagon
From:Mike Miller
Date:Thu, 16 Oct 2003 13:28:59 -0700

I'm gonna send my comments to William off list as this doesn't have much,
anything, to do with Vans.  But summarized:  disagree.

Mike

On 10/16/03 12:50 PM, "developtrust" <developtrust@COX.NET> wrote:

> Am I missing something? If one has nothing to hide, why be concerned if you
> can be found?
>
> To me, not scary at all if you are honest and not a criminal. It is actually
> (for honest people) a security and safety thing isn't it? Lost? You can be
> found? Kidnapped? You can be found. Cell phone stolen? It can be found.
> Sounds pretty good to me. Want privacy? Leave the cell phone at home. Want
> emergency help? Bring the cell phone with you.
>
> William
>
>
>> i know a few people that work in the national security sector (people
>> that can't tell me what they do and who or where they work)... even if a
>> cell phone is turned off and the battery is out, the cell phone tower
>> will still be able to contact it, and help to pinpoint the phone's
>> location. It is not until enough of the juice is drained out of the cell
>> phone (w/o the battery) that it will cease to function. Pretty scary. I
>>
>> Joseph Fortino wrote:
>>
>>> as soon as they install complete GPS signal tracking you'll be tracked.
>>> this includes the GPS software. most phones don't support it yet.
>>
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