[IP] ABCNEWS.com: Missouri May Track Cell Phones for Traffic Data
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From: Shari Steele <ssteele@xxxxxxx>
Date: October 15, 2005 7:43:27 AM EDT
To: EFF Privacy <eff-priv@xxxxxxx>
Subject: [E-PRV] Fwd: ABCNEWS.com: Missouri May Track Cell Phones for
Traffic Data
Missouri May Track Cell Phones for Traffic Data
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1214736
Driving to work, you notice the traffic beginning to slow. And
because you have your cell phone on, the government senses the delay,
too. A congestion alert is issued, automatically updating electronic
road signs and Web sites and dispatching text messages to mobile
phones and auto dashboards.
In what would be the largest project of its kind, the Missouri
Department of Transportation is finalizing a contract to monitor
thousands of cell phones, using their movements to map real-time
traffic conditions statewide on all 5,500 miles of major roads.
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Shari Steele ssteele@xxxxxxx
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Electronic Frontier Foundation 415.436.9993 (fax)
454 Shotwell Street
San Francisco, CA 94110
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