[LINK] Unholy MOLI

[Howard Lowndes]

Given that this is the first that most on this list have heard of this,
then most would not be in a position to form an opinion, myself included.

There are many situations where MOLI (confined to mobile phones, etc)  
would have positive advantages, and the opt out option is as simple as
turning the damn thing off, or removing the battery if the "off" is not
really an "off".  What is of concern is the use to which this intelligence
would be put, and Clarke's paper covers these.

I did wonder what the motivation was behind the US switching off the
selective access on the GPS system.  It wasn't so that you could locate
yourself more accurately, but so that they could (8-)

Howard. (I don't think I'm paranoid, I know they're after me)
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On Mon, 5 Jun 2000, Roger Clarke wrote:

> 
> Am I the only one who's unimpressed by the secrecy surrounding the
> development of standards for the implantation of location mechanisms inside
> all mobile devices?
> 
> The name of the initiative is MOLI (Mobile Origin Location Indication), and
> the relevant committee is part of ACIF:
> http://www.acif.org.au/MOLI/
> 
> The only information publicly available is that the membership comprises:
> 	ACA
> 	Cable & Wireless Optus
> 	Hutchison Telecoms
> 	Lucent
> 	Telstra
> 	Vodafone
> 
> and a Terms of Reference that merely says "The ACIF Mobile Origin Location
> Indication Implementation Group (ACIF MIG) has been established to achieve
> a coordinated industry-wide approach to the adoption/implementation of
> MOLI".
> 
> For a review of person location and tracing, see:
> http://www.anu.edu.au/people/Roger.Clarke/DV/PLT.html
> 
> 
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