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O Where, O Where Has My Target Gone?

SUMMARY

The Metadata Analysis Center is trying to build technology to pinpoint the location of GSM cellphone users based on metadata. The author explains several terms related to GSM networks and describes how they fit together in the metadata that's collected, along with the challenges of laying it all out on a map. In order to solve this challenge, they requested that people submit geolocation data about GSM networks.

DOCUMENT’S DATE

May 09, 2005

PUBLICLY AVAILABLE

Feb 05, 2018