Judy Mallaber MP spoke rather well on the dismally insecure regulation of the new mobile phone tracking industry in parliament last night (and mentioned me, hurrah!):
“Getting back to child protection, in theory the child must consent to his phone being tracked in the first place, but is there not something a bit odd about Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Goldacre
Wednesday February 1, 2006
The Guardian
For the past week I’ve been tracking my girlfriend through her mobile phone. I can see exactly where she is, at any time of day or night, within 150 yards, as long as her phone is on. It has been very interesting to find out about her day. Now I’m going to Read the rest of this entry »
Ben Goldacre
Saturday January 28, 2006
The Guardian
I spend a lot of my time wondering: why are people so afraid of science, when it has given us so much? To my mind there are two answers: firstly, the everyday science that you learned at school is no longer enough to understand the world around you. Fifty years ago, a fairly well educated person could Read the rest of this entry »
Here’s a scary story. You can track anybody’s movements through their mobile phone, all you need is five minutes access to their phone. You receive Read the rest of this entry »
