favicon Cell Phones: Tracking Devices That Happen To Make Calls

  • Slashdot Jul 14, 2012, 3:58 pm by: Soulskill272 pts
    Slashdot writes, An anonymous reader writes "An article in the NY Times argues that the devices we call 'cell phones' should instead be called 'trackers.' It would help remind the average user that whole industries have sprung up around the mining and selling of their personal data — not to mention the huge amount of data requested by governments. Law professor Eben Moglen goes a step further, saying our cell phones are effectively robots that use us for mobility. 'They see everything, they're aware of our position, our relationship to other human beings and other robots, they mediate an information...

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