Difference between revisions of "Smartphones (Location Services)"

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Development of capable technology:
 
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*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateration multilateration] - location determination via cell phone signal triangulation; uses the variation in the reception of signal bounce-back to determine relative position<ref>Sample footnote</ref>
 
*[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateration multilateration] - location determination via cell phone signal triangulation; uses the variation in the reception of signal bounce-back to determine relative position<ref>Sample footnote</ref>
*When was the first GPS chip in a smartphone?
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*When was the first GPS chip in a smartphone?{{citation needed}}
  
 
==Stakeholders==
 
==Stakeholders==

Revision as of 15:02, 11 February 2016

Sample caption

Location Services introduction/summary goes here:

  • High stability and low entropy of human physical movement
  • Issues: default settings (opt-out rather than opt-in), user ignorance, permissions and security, excessive and unnecessary privileges between OS and apps


Background and History

Development of capable technology:

  • multilateration - location determination via cell phone signal triangulation; uses the variation in the reception of signal bounce-back to determine relative position[1]
  • When was the first GPS chip in a smartphone?[citation needed]


Stakeholders

  • Smartphone users
  • Mobile phone carriers
  • Software developers
  • Advertising/marketing firms and the businesses they serve

Notable Cases

From popular culture, etc.

Legislation

To protect consumers/minimize risk/for convenience (Apple's "Find My Friends" app)

Policy

How major brands vary (iOS, Android, Windows Phone)

Ethical Implications

  • In the workplace
  • Personal life (family, friends)

External Links

See Also

References

  1. Sample footnote

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