Irish Know Where You've Been

Wired.com ^ | 11/9/01 | Karlin Lillington

[Right Wing Professor]

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.

[Right Wing Professor]

A timely reminder that if your cell-phone is turned on, you're broadcasting your whereabouts continuously.

[dighton]

The Irish know where I've been?

[Colosis]

Bump for later.

[danneskjold]

The Irish know where I've been?

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

[constitutiongirl]

Change your name to Abdullah and get a North Dublin address. They'll overlook you for sure.

[Colosis]

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.