Privacy at Home

Do you own a cell phone? Are you aware that all new cell phones must have GPS awareness? This means that your phone can be located, usually within 30 feet, by law enforcement and emergency services personnel. Some services provide the exact location of a cell phone. This can come in handy when an employer uses it to track an employee using a company cell phone. Some software is so powerful that it will send a notification to the home unit whenever the cell phone leaves a designated geographic area. In theory, someone could map you to certain classroom and be notified when you and your cell phone left the room. This location-aware tracking software is already in use by the criminal justice system to keep track of offenders who are sentenced to home detention. The subject is fitted with an ankle or set wrist bracelet and then the software is set to trigger an alarm if the bracelet strays from the designated area. These bracelets also are being used to keep track of patients.