Tracking Human Movement by Mobile Phone
Jun 5th, 2008 by Jason
A recent study, reported by the BBC, details how mobile phone records have been used to track 100,000 mobile phone users movements over 6 months.
One conclusion of the study was:
…patterns of people’s movements, over short and long distances, were very similar: people tend to return to the same few places over and over again.
Are you a creature of habit, a robot, a mindless automaton? Did you choose your actions mindfully this morning when you got up and went to work, or did you do the same thing you always do, possibly while your mind was in idle, distracted by music from your iPod or the daily trash newspaper.
Now, are you ready for this… tracking mobile phones if for our own benefit you know… it’s a dangerous world out there. If you’ve nothing to hide, you’ve nothing to fear does not wash anymore. It’s a dangerous world - be afraid! To help keep you save from threats like avian flu pandemic’s, we’ll track human movement to predict its spread.
With scientific information like that, and experts to articulate it in the media, we’ll be only to happy to lose our freedom of movement to stay safe.
Expect pandemic and ensuing curfew any time soon folks - in fact, probably right after the economy collapses.
Enjoy the sun while it lasts, sports fans 