Smartphones (Location Services)
From SI410
L
ocation 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
Contents
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 smartphone manufactured with GPS facilities?[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
- ↑ Sample footnote
