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"Gave up" as "stop using"? Did FCC and Congress require Greer to personally track himself? (Why?) Also, I find it wonderful that in USA you still have an optio
by listic 12y ago
"Gave up" as "stop using"? Did FCC and Congress require Greer to personally track himself? (Why?)
Also, I find it wonderful that in USA you still have an option to use a pager. Many countries don't have it anymore, because all paging companies went out of business already.
- nightpool 12y agoE911 location tracking is required on 95% of mobile phones in North America as of 2005. There are apparently similar rules in the EU, but Wikipedia isn't very forthcoming. (but yes, "gave up" as in "stopped using")
- MaulingMonkey 12y ago> "Gave up" as "stop using"? Yes. > Did FCC and Congress require Greer to personally track himself? (Why?) I believe this is in the context of tracking cellphone users in general. This is used to support "Enhanced 9-1-1": When someone dials the emergency services, they can have a rough idea of where the caller is, even if the caller doesn't know where they are. Of course, there are plenty of more nefarious uses one can imagine as well.