The Political Economy of the Beeper

Frances Bolton (PHI) fbolton at chuma.cas.usf.edu
Sat Aug 22 08:08:32 PDT 1998


On Fri, 21 Aug 1998, Jordan Hayes wrote:


> I'm sure that there's a cross-over. I've seen software systems,
> mostly hawked to intelligence agencies but I bet plenty of big-city
> drug enforcement groups have them, that will perform cross-correlation
> on phone calls, cell phones, beepers, whatever kinds of communication
> you can find. Using a pay phone doesn't help you; catching drug dealers
> using common technology is a whole lot easier than catching spys.

Jordan,

do you happen to know of any literature on these systems? (names would be helpful, too)

Thanks in advance, Frances



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