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"LET US STOP TALKING TO OURSELVES AND START TALKING TO THOSE WHO DISAGREE WITH US. ONLY THEN WILL THE BASE OF UNDERSTANDING EXPAND INTO ALL AREAS OF SOCIETY."
David Icke - Bridge of Love Newsletter
Big Brother calls:
Mobile phones to locate callers
Mobile phones to locate callers
Nick Fielding and Nicholas Rufford
BRITAIN is entering a new era of Big Brother in which subscribers to mobile phones will have their movements tracked to within five metres and telephone calls could be trawled by GCHQ, the government listening centre, for evidence of crime.
New technology and legal reforms mean police and the security services can spy on citizens more efficiently than ever before, according to civil rights campaigners.
Mobile phone makers have been told by the European commission that they must insert microchips that can be pinpointed by satellites. Ostensibly the devices will allow new "third-generation" phone users to be located when they make an emergency call. Campaigners have highlighted the sinister potential, claiming the devices will be used to trace anyone regarded as a suspect.
According to the commission, the decision has been prompted by concerns for public safety. But Caspar Bowden, an electronic surveillance expert, said legislation introduced earlier this year allowed GCHQ legally to intercept domestic telephone traffic for the first time. "We are entering a new era of Big Brother," he said.
His claim was disputed by the Home Office, which said GCHQ's remit remained restricted to overseas calls.
A co-ordination group at the commission will explore the issues further. The full directive will come into force on January 1, 2003. But with similar proposals being introduced in America next year, officials are pushing for an earlier implementation date.
Parthus Technologies, a Dublin-based firm, has designed a chip which takes information from a satellite and broadcasts it to terrestrial base stations. Kevin Fielding, chief operating officer, said: "Emergency calls will automatically result in the caller's location being transmitted."
source:The Sunday Times
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