Time magazine – September 15, 2010
What Your Cell Phone Could Be Telling the Government
By Adam Cohen
Smart phones do many things these days: surf the Internet, send e-mail, take photos and video (and – oh, yes – send and receive calls). But one thing they can do that phone companies don’t advertise is spy on you. As long as you don’t leave home without your phone, that handy gadget keeps a record of everywhere you go – a record the government can then get from your telephone company.