Imagine that you've just crashed your car, fallen off your bike, slipped over on some ice or have some other urgent need for the emergency services... You're also lost. But you have a mobile phone, so you call for an ambulance. The emergency operator asks where you are and all you can reply is "Well, there's a road, a few trees...and..erm..oh, and there's a rusting Asda trolley in a stream behind the hedge..." pause, "No good..? Ah. Ok then, thanks for your help. I'll just lie here and bleed to death. Goodbye."
And as you watch the last crimson trickle of blood ebbing from your dying limbs, your find yourself wondering why you never bought a phone with GPS.
Emergency Rescue Nowhere to Hide
"Ok sir, yes I've got you on my screen, I can see where you are now. Can you just confirm that there are a few trees nearby and a rusting Asda shopping trolley in a stream behind the hedge..? Great, we'll be there in a jiffy"
Sounds too good to be true? It is.You can Run, boy. But you Can't Hide.New regulations are going through in the USA, requiring that all phones are eventually fitted with GPS as standard. No doubt, similar regulations will be follow elsewhere.
This means that if your employer provides you with a phone for work, they will be able to tell exactly where you are at all times. They can also set up "geofences" that set off an alarm at the office when you go to preprogrammed off-limits sites, such as to a park, or down the pub.
Not only will you always be contactable, but they'll know where you are when they phone. No more skulking about the back of the warehouse for a sneaky cigarette.
They can also put GPS into your company car, for much the same reason. Couple this with the fact that employers, and the government, can (and do) scan and read emails, check web-browsing and monitor phone calls, as well as secretly film people at work and in public on CCTV and there really is nowhere to hide.
Big Brother really is watching
|
0 PM. My coaching practice has shown me