The cellular phones we carry in our pockets are actually tracking devices which not only tell our location at all times , but provide information about our current behavior as well as predict our future whereabouts. The authors in an article in NYT writes about the harm of these devices;

“What’s the harm? The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, ruling about the use of tracking devices by the police, noted that GPS data can reveal whether a person “is a weekly church goer, a heavy drinker, a regular at the gym, an unfaithful husband, an outpatient receiving medical treatment, an associate of particular individuals or political groups — and not just one such fact about a person, but all such facts.” Even the most gregarious of sharers might not reveal all that on Facebook.”

To read the complete article click on the link below:

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/15/sunday-review/thats-not-my-phone-its-my-tracker.html

Fayyaz