Mobile phone allows boss to snoop

From BBC News (March 10):

Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff.

Japanese phone giant KDDI Corporation has developed technology that tracks even the tiniest movement of the user and beams the information back to HQ.

It works by analysing the movement of accelerometers, found in many handsets.

Activities such as walking, climbing stairs or even cleaning can be identified, the researchers say.

The company plans to sell the service to clients such as managers, foremen and employment agencies. [read more]

Does Obama know about this phone? Maybe he can get people to use it so he could possibly know how they vote in elections. Just joking! Although he wants to track people's phone's whereabouts as I mentioned in an earlier blog.