I Spy
Smart Mobs links to a story in Australia about a spiffy, cheap new technology that will allow parents (or your boss) to send a short message to your cell phone and embed a secret ping that will let them know exactly where you are. I suspect it's the shape of things to come.

It reminds me of when I was working at a small paper in California years ago and the staff was ticked off that the company car made a record of each time it went over 55 mph. They all thought it was an invasion of their privacy -- until a few months later the IT guy for the newsroom showed me that he could pull up copies of every screentop (IM-type) message a certain reporter had sent during the past three months. Until then, none of us knew those messages weren't private.
- posted by Amy @ 1/13/2004 10:43:00 AM