Conservative want higher sentences for failure to decrypt child pornography

[Roland Perry]

In message <f420YmQ9qKi9EANV@highwayman.com>, Richard Clayton 
<richard@highwayman.com> writes
>    "The technology now exists and has been used in the US to monitor
>    and control the movement of offenders by GPS. This takes the form of
>    an ankle bracelet similar to that in use for tagging but with
>    transmission of the information via satellite to a laptop computer.
>    A complete record will be kept of the movements of an individual and
>    access can be gained to check his whereabouts at any time.

This a reappearance of the mythical VSAT GPS system (where the user 
transmits his position *to* a satellite, rather than working out his 
position by receiving transmissions *from* a set of satellites). 
Curiously, the BBC have a very similar form of words in ostensibly a 
completely different story today:

"A tracking device worn on an offender's wrist or ankle sends a signal 
via global positioning satellites (GPS) to police, who are able to 
monitor their location 24 hours a day."

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/uk/2002/cracking_crime/2236807.stm
-- 
Roland Perry