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<blockquote data-quote="sobx" data-source="post: 613590" data-attributes="member: 4944">Apps are great for geolocation.&nbsp; Helps the business market you better.&nbsp; They don&#039;t waste resources on spamming people that are not in their geographical area.&nbsp; Back in the 90&#039;s I remember all the conspiracy theorists were afraid they gubmint was going to embed a chip in all of us.&nbsp; They never dreamed the gubmint doesn&#039;t have to kidnap us and embed a chip...we carry the &quot;chip&quot; around every day all day.&nbsp; That&#039;s why the &quot;obama phones&quot; were rolled out.&nbsp; The poor folks were too poor to buy a cell phone they said, so the gubmint gave them a tracking chip for free. Every time you open that app your phone calls home with your location.Currently the FCC is soliciting public comment as they are considering reallocating a portion of the 900MHz band for GPS use by NextNav Corporation.&nbsp; NextNav wants to create a 5-MHz uplink in the 902-907 MHz band paired with a 10-MHz downlink in the 918-928 MHz band.Presently, civilian GPS is 2-dimensional, they know where you are pretty closely but not your elevation.&nbsp; If the re-allocation goes thru at the FCC, major carriers who subscribe to NextNav (basically all of them) will be able to locate you in 3-D.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you are at work they will be able to determine which floor of the building you work on.&nbsp;&nbsp; If you live in an apartment, they will not only know your address, but what floor of the building you live on if you have a cell phone.&nbsp; With a 6-foot accuracy, the guys who love to send you &quot;newsletters&quot; and &quot;offers&quot; and &quot;things we think you may be interested in&quot; will know when you&#039;re in the kitchen, when you&#039;re in the living room, or when you&#039;re in your bedroom of your house. (Of course, this is all for our own good because the government knows what&#039;s best for us)</blockquote>

[QUOTE="sobx, post: 613590, member: 4944"] Apps are great for geolocation. Helps the business market you better. They don't waste resources on spamming people that are not in their geographical area. Back in the 90's I remember all the conspiracy theorists were afraid they gubmint was going to embed a chip in all of us. They never dreamed the gubmint doesn't have to kidnap us and embed a chip...we carry the "chip" around every day all day. That's why the "obama phones" were rolled out. The poor folks were too poor to buy a cell phone they said, so the gubmint gave them a tracking chip for free. Every time you open that app your phone calls home with your location. Currently the FCC is soliciting public comment as they are considering reallocating a portion of the 900MHz band for GPS use by NextNav Corporation. NextNav wants to create a 5-MHz uplink in the 902-907 MHz band paired with a 10-MHz downlink in the 918-928 MHz band. Presently, civilian GPS is 2-dimensional, they know where you are pretty closely but not your elevation. If the re-allocation goes thru at the FCC, major carriers who subscribe to NextNav (basically all of them) will be able to locate you in 3-D. If you are at work they will be able to determine which floor of the building you work on. If you live in an apartment, they will not only know your address, but what floor of the building you live on if you have a cell phone. With a 6-foot accuracy, the guys who love to send you "newsletters" and "offers" and "things we think you may be interested in" will know when you're in the kitchen, when you're in the living room, or when you're in your bedroom of your house. (Of course, this is all for our own good because the government knows what's best for us) [/QUOTE]

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