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Security quotes of the week

Security quotes of the week

Posted Oct 18, 2012 13:39 UTC (Thu) by njwhite (subscriber, #51848)
In reply to: Security quotes of the week by JoeBuck
Parent article: Security quotes of the week

Really? That's interesting. In London the Oyster system is very heavily used by police these days (it's a nice "pay double if you don't want to be tracked this way" system,) but I've never seen much about the London police actually using cellphone tracking much. I suspect that's partly convenience; judging from the numbers of Oyster queries they're doing these days it seems like it's very routine, in a way that might be difficult to manage without close(r) cooperation with mobile operators.


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Tracking people by things

Posted Oct 18, 2012 18:52 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

It is wonderful how both transport cards and mobile phones (which do not assure holder identity by any means) can be used by the police for anything. If I were to commit a murder I would give card and phone to an accomplice and go elsewhere. Another way that organized murder is much more efficient than amateurs, I suppose.

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