[liberationtech] New microchip for smartphones to provide unprecedented ultra-precise location data

[Katrin Verclas]

Welcome to the new world ultra-precise location tracking on your phone... 

http://www.activistpost.com/2012/04/new-microchip-for-smartphones-to.html

Excerpt: 

> 
> 'The Broadcom Corporation, a Fortune 500 company, recently
> unveiled a brand new microchip for smartphones which will provide
> ultra-precise location details, potentially even within a few
> centimeters, far beyond what current smartphones can detect.
> 
> Today cell phones, but smartphones in particular, have become one of
> the most powerful surveillance tools available with Carrier IQ,
> citizen spying applications distributed by both the private sector
> and government agencies, techniques to encourage citizen spying, and
> a total lack of privacy.
> 
> The new chip, called Broadcom 4752 or BCM4752, will relay
> information about the vertical and horizontal position, if the
> individual is indoors or out, all through combining a wide variety
> of information sources.
> 
> 


Katrin Verclas
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