Tracking Device
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Tracking Device
From smart devices we purchase to devices being..

...installed on vehicles, these devices are making it increasing easy to track ones location. And while many people today are struggling to find ways to protect there privacy. The future is coming to deliver more sophisticated tracking devices that will be much harder to detect.
Possible Benefits
Concerns & Fears
"The devices create a permanent electronic record that can be compared, contrasted and coordinated to deduce all manner of private information about individuals,"

Judge Alex Kozinski
The deepest privacy threat from mobile phones—yet one that is often completely invisible—is the way that they announce your whereabouts all day (and all night) long through the signals they broadcast.
Electronic Frontier Foundation
More than 200 apps and services offer would-be stalkers a variety of capabilities, from basic location tracking to harvesting texts and even secretly recording video
Jennifer Valentino-DeVries
Types of Devices
History
1993
1993
  • The Global Positioning System ( GPS ) becomes fully functional.
    1973
    1973
    • Michael T. Goss develops An ankle transmitter to track offenders who are on probation.
      1995
      1995
      • William Reagan receives U.S. patent for his Vehicle Location System named “LoJack”.
      Articles