Monday, August 31, 2009

Keep big brother off your cell phone - PC World

Network providers gather data that tracks where customers go with their cell phones, a potential privacy infringement that researchers are trying to eliminate.

Providers need the location information to efficiently route calls, but the data also reveals the whereabouts of customers, something they might not choose to support, say researchers from the University of Konstanz in Germany. They presented their research at the recent Sigcomm conference in Barcelona...