Comments on: 2.OH NO!: GPS and the BlackBerry http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/2oh-no-gps-and-the-blackberry/ The voice of the BlackBerry community. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 03:42:37 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: John Smith http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/2oh-no-gps-and-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-325762 John Smith Tue, 02 Dec 2008 20:08:10 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/003738/#comment-325762 I have a question. My company is dead set on getting all of it's outside personel one of these blackberry phones. We will be required to log our calls at the time the call is made, which will then be uploaded into the company computer system. They then will take this data to a:See what time we first made the call. b:How long we stayed at the call. c: It is a requirment of your employment with the company. My question is this. Will they also be able to track us where we are at all times using this type of system? And, will there be a way to turn off that part of the system without interupting the other part, that being the actual upload of the call? I am one that does my job, but I do not like somebody looking over my shoulder. Your input would be helpful. And, yes, my name really is John Smith. Thanks. I have a question. My company is dead set on getting all of it’s outside personel one of these blackberry phones. We will be required to log our calls at the time the call is made, which will then be uploaded into the company computer system. They then will take this data to a:See what time we first made the call. b:How long we stayed at the call. c: It is a requirment of your employment with the company. My question is this. Will they also be able to track us where we are at all times using this type of system? And, will there be a way to turn off that part of the system without interupting the other part, that being the actual upload of the call? I am one that does my job, but I do not like somebody looking over my shoulder. Your input would be helpful. And, yes, my name really is John Smith. Thanks.

]]> By: BlackBerryCool » Telenav launches TeleNav Track for BlackBerry 8800 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/2oh-no-gps-and-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-103827 BlackBerryCool » Telenav launches TeleNav Track for BlackBerry 8800 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 14:47:10 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/003738/#comment-103827 [...] Remember the worry about employers tracking their minions during (and even after) office hours? Well, thankfully TeleNav is a trustworthy company and has released TeleNav Track for the BlackBerry on AT&T with the BlackBerry 8800. [...] [...] Remember the worry about employers tracking their minions during (and even after) office hours? Well, thankfully TeleNav is a trustworthy company and has released TeleNav Track for the BlackBerry on AT&T with the BlackBerry 8800. [...]

]]> By: k http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/2oh-no-gps-and-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-95857 k Thu, 01 Mar 2007 01:31:22 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/003738/#comment-95857 I agree with you 100%! GPS is best feature that can be in a mobile device! There is nothing to worry about. Those who worry just switch it off. It's so easy! I agree with you 100%!

GPS is best feature that can be in a mobile device! There is nothing to worry about. Those who worry just switch it off. It’s so easy!

]]> By: Thought http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/2oh-no-gps-and-the-blackberry/comment-page-1/#comment-95821 Thought Wed, 28 Feb 2007 21:48:58 +0000 http://www.blackberrycool.com/2007/02/28/003738/#comment-95821 Steve: I agree...any worries about GPS tracking are way overblown. Aside from all of the points you mentioned, let's also add this one: consider the resources it takes to actually track a large group of people. Companies are not going to dedicate those resources unless there is a good reason to...among them, those you listed...techs out in the field, delivery personnel, etc. It's not as if a business is going to dedicate a large budget simply because the boss is nosy. As for govt tracking, again, govts. don't have the resources to keep that kind of attention on all of their citizens, even if they should want to. I remember a friend of mine once had the same fears regarding going through toll booths on toll roads with an electronic pass...he actually was worried that the govt would use that to track his movements. His girlfriend at that time thought it all foolish and came up with a great response: if the govt wanted to track her movements and see her going from home to work, to the grocery store, to the school to pick up her kids, all of the aspects of her rather ordinary life,..well, then let them. As she said so eloquently, who gives a rats a**? Steve: I agree…any worries about GPS tracking are way overblown. Aside from all of the points you mentioned, let’s also add this one: consider the resources it takes to actually track a large group of people. Companies are not going to dedicate those resources unless there is a good reason to…among them, those you listed…techs out in the field, delivery personnel, etc. It’s not as if a business is going to dedicate a large budget simply because the boss is nosy.

As for govt tracking, again, govts. don’t have the resources to keep that kind of attention on all of their citizens, even if they should want to.

I remember a friend of mine once had the same fears regarding going through toll booths on toll roads with an electronic pass…he actually was worried that the govt would use that to track his movements. His girlfriend at that time thought it all foolish and came up with a great response: if the govt wanted to track her movements and see her going from home to work, to the grocery store, to the school to pick up her kids, all of the aspects of her rather ordinary life,..well, then let them. As she said so eloquently, who gives a rats a**?

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