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It's not always that great accuracy. it's not logged continuously. And it's not readily available to anyone who wants it. And we are usually surrounded by ot

It's not always that great accuracy. it's not logged continuously. And it's not readily available to anyone who wants it. And we are usually surrounded by others so things can't always be pinpointed to an individual. Just because something is technically possible with a lot of preparation, doesn't make it a continuously usable source of information, especially in retrospect. That doesn't mean we shouldn't be wary, but we shouldn't practice all-or-nothing thinking.

dpark 8y ago
> It's not always that great accuracy. Okay. It'll be high accuracy when you give the exact location to the dispatcher, though. Or are you using 911 for non-emergency calls? Keeping your location secret from the dispatcher in an emergency essentially means you're preventing an appropriate emergency response. > it's not logged continuously. Sure about that? > And it's not readily available to anyone who wants it. No change. Apple has not proposed posting your location on Twitter when you dial 911. > And we are usually surrounded by others so things can't always be pinpointed to an individual. Uh. You are wildly incorrect. Your cellphone is transmitting its location all the time. Assuming it can reasonably be called your cellphone, that location is definitely pinpointed to an individual.