Re: [TSCM-L] {1910} question for you

From: kondrak <kon..._at_phreaker.net>
Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 05:20:42 -0400

Tom Valos wrote:
>
> can a phone that is TURNED OFF still provide gps signals ???
>
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> *From:* Paul E. Niedermeyer <mailto:p..._at_pn.com>
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> *Sent:* Thursday, August 30, 2007 5:53 PM
> *Subject:* [TSCM-L] {1906} Article | CAUGHT BY THE GPS: CELLPHONE
> TRACKED CITY WORKER DODGING WORK...
>
> http://www.nypost.com/php/pfriendly/print.php?url=http://www.nypost.com/seven/08302007/news/regionalnews/track_trick.htm
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> New York Post <http://www.nypost.com/>
>
> 'TRACK' TRICK
>
> By DAVID SEIFMAN City Hall Bureau Chief
>
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> /August 30, 2007/ -- A 21-year employee of the school system could
> lose his job after officials accused him of repeatedly leaving early
> - and stunned the worker with data it got by tracking his movements
> with a city-issued cellphone, The Post has learned.
>
> In a precedent-setting case, administrative trial judge Tynia
> Richard recommended the firing of John Halpin, a veteran supervisor
> of carpenters, for cutting out before the end of his shift on as
> many as 83 occasions between March 2 and Aug. 9, 2006.
>
> The evidence against Halpin, whose base pay is $300 a day, included
> time cards that suspiciously appeared stamped on the same machine,
> even though his duties placed him in different locations each day.
>
> But there was a clincher: data gathered through the GPS system on
> Halpin's cellphone, which he accepted in 2005 without being told it
> might be used to trace his every move.
>
> On March 8, for example, supervisors determined that Halpin was last
> in Manhattan at 1:31 p.m. and was home in Levittown, L.I., at 2:40
> p.m. On March 29, Halpin was found at home at 2:38 p.m.
>
> The earliest he was caught in Levittown was 1:40 p.m. on June 22.
>
> But his shift wasn't supposed to end until 3:30 p.m.
>
> Some workers refused the free-phone offer, saying they preferred to
> use their own cells.
>
> Richard said the unsuspecting Halpin "admitted he took the phone
> because he liked the walkie-talkie and other functions it has."
>
> She dismissed concerns about whether the city had to warn Halpin in
> advance of the cellphone's tracking abilities.
>
> "The department [of Education] is not expected to notify its
> employees of all the methods it may possibly use to uncover their
> misconduct," Richard decided.
>
> "The undisputed intent of issuing the cellphone with GPS was for the
> department to be able to determine the whereabouts of its
> supervisors in the field."
>
> Rachel Minter, a lawyer who specializes in labor relations, said she
> knows of very few similar cases because the law hasn't caught up to
> the technology.
>
> "This is a very interesting case because it raises issues very much
> on the edge," she said.
>
> Halpin questioned the reliability of the data and argued that his
> privacy was invaded, since officials tracked him when he wasn't at
> work.
>
> In fact, the data found Halpin on numerous occasions turned up early
> for his job, sometimes at 6 a.m. His shift started at 8 a.m.
>
> Despite the extra hours Halpin put in without pay, Richard ruled
> that it didn't mitigate his early departures and recommended he be
> fired.
>
> Halpin has been removed from his duties and is awaiting word on
> whether Schools Chancellor Joel Klein will follow the administrative
> judge's recommendation.
>
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