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Irish Know Where You've Been
Wired.com ^ | 11/9/01 | Karlin Lillington

Posted on 11/09/2001 6:15:11 AM PST by Right Wing Professor

Edited on 06/29/2004 7:08:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson. [history]

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Privacy advocates say most of the Irish population is effectively carrying a potential "tagging device" because of the way in which two Irish mobile telecommunications companies say they are managing customer call records.

Irish operators Eircell and Digifone said they were holding customer "locator records" -- which can pinpoint a phone user's location to within a few dozen feet in urban areas -- for more than six years because they believed they were required to do so to comply with the Irish statute of limitations.


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A timely reminder that if your cell-phone is turned on, you're broadcasting your whereabouts continuously.
1 posted on 11/09/2001 6:15:11 AM PST by Right Wing Professor
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To: Happygal
The Irish know where I've been?
2 posted on 11/09/2001 6:18:44 AM PST by dighton
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To: Right Wing Professor
Bump for later.
3 posted on 11/09/2001 7:38:38 AM PST by Colosis
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To: dighton
The Irish know where I've been?

I'm Irish...I hardly know where I've been...

4 posted on 11/09/2001 7:41:01 AM PST by danneskjold
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To: Colosis
Change your name to Abdullah and get a North Dublin address. They'll overlook you for sure.
5 posted on 11/09/2001 1:43:11 PM PST by constitutiongirl
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To: constitutiongirl
Funny you say that, I met a bloke called Abdullah at a nightclub in Shannon on Friday night!! BTW the Ireland/Iran game was a good result considering Ireland didn't play that well. The Iranian crowd was very rude and loads were thrown out during the game - they hate losing. They were very abusive to the Irish fans after the game hurling all sorts of obscenities. I'm amazed how passive the Irish fans were to them - I fear for the Irish team in Iran this week.
6 posted on 11/12/2001 12:47:42 AM PST by Colosis
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