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The power to follow your every move

By Duncan Graham-Rowe

13 July 2005

JACK is running late, but he daren’t risk speeding – the satellites are watching and he can’t afford another fine. It’s not as if he could drive much faster anyway, not in this traffic. His in-car traffic navigation system warns of a snarl-up ahead and recommends an alternative route, but Jack asks for another suggestion. He knows that if he drives through that area at this time of night his “pay-as-you-drive” insurance premiums will go through the roof.

Meanwhile, he can see on his phone’s built-in location tracker that his girlfriend has already arrived at the restaurant. At this rate he’s…

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