"Trying to get everyone to stop using mobile phones is a little bit far fetched," Billy the Boy on Slashdot writes. "It's also not like you can make the cell phone technology in any other way. Location tracking will always be possible. That's why there are laws that restrict access to such records. AND if you really want to blow up a pizza place, leave your phone home that one time. And the social problem of non-free software? People do not care. They never have, they never will. I doubt Stallman cares about every little detail about things he uses but isn't that interested in. When he is cooking his tv dinner, he just wants a microwave that works."

Finally, Dilbert creator Scott Adams proposed a new city called "Noprivacyville" this week. Adams' had nothing to do with Stallman's warning about mobile phones, but he argues that some people would consent to live in a city without any privacy (except in the bedroom and bathroom) in exchange for lower costs and crime. Adams' post was inspired by an auto insurance company that will lower customers' rates by 30% in exchange for putting GPS tracking devices on vehicles.

"Although you would never live in a city without privacy, I think that if one could save 30% on basic living expenses, and live in a relatively crime-free area, plenty of volunteers would come forward," Adams writes.

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