ABCNEWS.com: Missouri May Track Cell Phones for Traffic Data

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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From: Shari Steele <ssteele () eff org>
Date: October 15, 2005 7:43:27 AM EDT
To: EFF Privacy <eff-priv () eff org>
Subject: [E-PRV] Fwd: ABCNEWS.com: Missouri May Track Cell Phones for  
Traffic Data


Missouri May Track Cell Phones for Traffic Data
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=1214736

Driving to work, you notice the traffic beginning to slow. And  
because you have your cell phone on, the government senses the delay,  
too. A congestion alert is issued, automatically updating electronic  
road signs and Web sites and dispatching text messages to mobile  
phones and auto dashboards.

In what would be the largest project of its kind, the Missouri  
Department of Transportation is finalizing a contract to monitor  
thousands of cell phones, using their movements to map real-time  
traffic conditions statewide on all 5,500 miles of major roads.

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