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This ties in 'nicely' with the mobile phone privacy travesty now being advocated
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ukp...mGv2ZFU0amPycQ

Privacy warning over mobile phones
1 day ago
State-of-the-art mobile phones could threaten users' privacy, affect their ability to obtain insurance and jeopardise their job prospects, academics have warned.
Allowing your mobile phone company to track your whereabouts through your phone could have serious implications for consumers, according to new research.
Phones which use GPS technology to pinpoint your location are already popular, with users able to access personalised maps through their phones.
But academics said a "staggering" amount of information could be revealed about a person simply by knowing their location via such technology.
Researchers from the Future of Identity in the Information Society (FIDIS), an EU-funded group looking at privacy issues, were fitted with GPS tracking devices which recorded their every move.
The team found the data did not simply show where they had been but could also disclose intimate details about their lives.
By using GPS tracking to work out how often users went to the gym, visited bars and pubs or even how fast they drove, it would be possible, FIDIS said, to build up a profile of their lifestyles, even calculating their risk of heart disease.
Such personal information, if passed to third parties such as health insurance companies or potential employers, could be detrimental to the consumer.
Researcher Denis Royer from Goethe University in Frankfurt said: "This information is of course extremely useful for companies aiming to produce targeted advertising, and of course many of us would gladly receive customised drinks offers when we're heading to a local coffee shop.
"However, if users are targeted based on their inferred lifestyle, which restaurants they visit, or how much alcohol they seem to drink, their own information could potentially be used against them."