In what would be the largest project of its kind, the The Missouri Department of Transportation is finalizing a contract to monitor thousands of cell phones, using their movements to map real-time traffic conditions statewide on all 5,500 miles of major roads, reports The Associated Press.
"It's just one of a number of initiatives to more intelligently manage traffic flow through wireless data collection.
Officials say there's no Big Brother agenda in the Missouri project — the data will remain anonymous, leaving no possibility to track specific people from their driveway to their destination.
But privacy advocates are uneasy nonetheless."
Will this be the beginning to further trials of traffic monitoring?? (Ed. wonders...)
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