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The Telecom Digest for July 10, 2013
Volume 32 : Issue 151 : "text" Format
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Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 09:21:03 -0400
From: Monty Solomon <monty@roscom.com>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Cellphone data mined to create personal profiles
Message-ID: <p06240831ce006d018c15@[10.0.1.4]>
Cellphone data mined to create personal profiles
Analyzing calls, text, and other cellphone data yields clues about a
user's personality, behavior, and even health status
By Hiawatha Bray | GLOBE STAFF JULY 08, 2013
As we live our lives, we leave behind a vapor trail of information:
the places we go and how fast we get there, the people we talk to,
the stores where we shop, taverns where we drink, churches where we
pray.
Powerful computers in our purses and pockets are now recording that
data. The cellphone is not just a communication device; it is a
diary. And with the data from millions of these diaries, businesses,
government agencies, and scientists are learning how to forestall
medical crises, identify emotional problems, prevent the spread of
infections diseases, or simply sell more pizza.
...
http://www.bostonglobe.com/business/2013/07/07/your-cellphone-yourself/eSvTK1UCqNOE7D4qbAcWPL/story.html?s_campaign=8315
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 22:08:19 -0400
From: tlvp <mPiOsUcB.EtLlLvEp@att.net>
To: telecomdigestmoderator.remove-this@and-this-too.telecom-digest.org.
Subject: Big disconnect: Telcos to abandon copper phone lines
Message-ID: <1676jvmojyd3f.4g2zzl8hovzo.dlg@40tude.net>
Mantoloking's outside copper loop plant seems unlikely to be restored after
getting flooded out by Sandy:
"MANTOLOKING, N.J. (AP) -- Robert Post misses his phone line.
Post, 85, has a pacemaker that needs to be checked once a month by phone.
But the copper wiring that once connected his home to the rest of the world
is gone, and the phone company refuses to restore it. In October 2012,
Superstorm Sandy pushed the sea over Post's neighborhood ..."
http://news.yahoo.com/big-disconnect-telcos-abandon-copper-phone-lines-232329593.html
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