Cell Phones Being Tracked
Cell Phones Being Tracked
Mobile phones are a big essential part of our human culture. We as humans rely on cell phones to communicate. Cell phones are used every day. Many cell phone companies are tracking their customers daily and many customers are unaware of it. Would it bother you to know that the cell phone companies are allowing government access to track your whereabouts without your permission? Our privacy is being invaded and many of us do not know about this taking place. This could have a positive and negative effect on many people.
According to the passage “Reach out and Track Someone,” within the textbook, Terry J. Allen states that more than 200 million Americans have a cell phone in their pocket and that the authorities may be able to find you day or …show more content…
night – even if you never make or receive a call (303). Wow, that is insane! In some cases that can be a good thing and in other cases many believe that it is an invasion of privacy. He also states that many cell phone companies can locate you any time you are in range of a tower and your phone is on because cell phones are designed to work with global positioning satellites and towers (303).
To some people, the feeling of knowing that you are being tracked is very scary!
Others may be comfortable with knowing that.
The people that may be comfortable with their cell phones being tracked might agree with Nikki
Swartz and the things she stated in her passage “Mobile Phone Tracking Scrutinized” (302). Swartz states with in the textbook that “Cellular providers, including Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless, know, within about 300 yards, the location of their sub scribers whenever a phone is turned on. Even if the phone is not in use, it still communicates with cell tower sites, and the wireless provider keeps track of the phone’s position as it travels” (302). She says “These companies are marketing services that turn handsets into even more precise global positioning devices for driving or allowing parents to track the whereabouts of their children” (302).
The thought of being able to track your children, if need be, is a great idea to me. When Swartz talks about that point, that point would be one thing that would stick out to me. Knowing I could
track my children would be an idea as to why I would accept a tracking device. Not only that point but she also mentions that having such data is crucial to finding suspects and building cases and etc. (302). We have some astonishing technology we have these days. Having such technology could help people find killers, keep track of children and many other things.
Before reading these passages I had no clue that we could be tracked by our cell phones. I had no idea that people could know where we are even if we did not turn our cell phones on. I do feel more comfortable with knowing that we have a slight security in knowing that we could be found by our phone in the case that someone needed to find us. It is comforting to know that we could be found.
Actually, I would appreciate it, if my cell phone was the cause of me being found safe and sound! This is amazing and great technology we have these days!
Work Cited Page
Terry J. Allen, “Reach Out and Track Someone” Page 303304 Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing 6th Edition John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson Published 2012
Nikki Swartz, “Mobile Phone Tracking Scrutinized” Page 302 Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing 6th Edition John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson Published 2012
Mobile phones are a big essential part of our human culture. We as humans rely on cell phones to communicate. Cell phones are used every day. Many cell phone companies are tracking their customers daily and many customers are unaware of it. Would it bother you to know that the cell phone companies are allowing government access to track your whereabouts without your permission? Our privacy is being invaded and many of us do not know about this taking place. This could have a positive and negative effect on many people.
According to the passage “Reach out and Track Someone,” within the textbook, Terry J. Allen states that more than 200 million Americans have a cell phone in their pocket and that the authorities may be able to find you day or …show more content…
night – even if you never make or receive a call (303). Wow, that is insane! In some cases that can be a good thing and in other cases many believe that it is an invasion of privacy. He also states that many cell phone companies can locate you any time you are in range of a tower and your phone is on because cell phones are designed to work with global positioning satellites and towers (303).
To some people, the feeling of knowing that you are being tracked is very scary!
Others may be comfortable with knowing that.
The people that may be comfortable with their cell phones being tracked might agree with Nikki
Swartz and the things she stated in her passage “Mobile Phone Tracking Scrutinized” (302). Swartz states with in the textbook that “Cellular providers, including Verizon Wireless and Cingular Wireless, know, within about 300 yards, the location of their sub scribers whenever a phone is turned on. Even if the phone is not in use, it still communicates with cell tower sites, and the wireless provider keeps track of the phone’s position as it travels” (302). She says “These companies are marketing services that turn handsets into even more precise global positioning devices for driving or allowing parents to track the whereabouts of their children” (302).
The thought of being able to track your children, if need be, is a great idea to me. When Swartz talks about that point, that point would be one thing that would stick out to me. Knowing I could
track my children would be an idea as to why I would accept a tracking device. Not only that point but she also mentions that having such data is crucial to finding suspects and building cases and etc. (302). We have some astonishing technology we have these days. Having such technology could help people find killers, keep track of children and many other things.
Before reading these passages I had no clue that we could be tracked by our cell phones. I had no idea that people could know where we are even if we did not turn our cell phones on. I do feel more comfortable with knowing that we have a slight security in knowing that we could be found by our phone in the case that someone needed to find us. It is comforting to know that we could be found.
Actually, I would appreciate it, if my cell phone was the cause of me being found safe and sound! This is amazing and great technology we have these days!
Work Cited Page
Terry J. Allen, “Reach Out and Track Someone” Page 303304 Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing 6th Edition John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson Published 2012
Nikki Swartz, “Mobile Phone Tracking Scrutinized” Page 302 Allyn & Bacon Guide to Writing 6th Edition John D. Ramage, John C. Bean, June Johnson Published 2012