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Individual Privacy Versus Cellphone Pinging

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Smartphone and Street Map SearchPinging is part of the technology that makes a cell phone work. In very simple terms, it allows the cell phone company, and anyone with access to the company’s computers, to determine the location of a cell phone using the phone’s GPS capabilities by sending a “ping” to the phone.

Pinging has also been called “GPS in reverse” because it allows wireless cellphone carriers like AT&T or Sprint to locate and track a particular cellphone. It can be a great technology when used in the right hands. For example, it allows emergency 911 systems to automatically transfer a caller’s location and other information in order to provide assistance to a distressed person.

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