| BUSINESSWEEK ONLINE : SEPTEMBER 25, 2000 ISSUE | ||||||||
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| LEGAL AFFAIRS
Location Is Everything As cell phones and cars become tracking devices, it will be much easier to pin
down people's whereabouts--for better or worse.
PRO CON
GOVERNMENT Emergency crews will be Could be misused to pinpoint
able to to locate you if all the attendees of say, a
you're in a car accident certain political rally, or
or the victim of a crime monitor movements of political
dissidents
SAFETY Will direct you out of an Could be used by stalkers to
unfamiliar neighborhood track down celebrities or
or away from a traffic jam estranged spouses
MARKETING Consumers receive timely Constant interruptions and
offers from nearby shops time-wasting wireless spam
or ''wam''
DATA: BW
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