Secret Monitoring Of Mobile Phone Owners-Part-2

Research studies made on normal behavior at public locations is an interesting thing for scientists. It can be performed anywhere, Caplan told. However any person’s mobile phone is not a public item; it is a personal thing. Monitoring it and its user is a violation of private life.

Paul Stephens is a policy director working at Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego. He commented on that and said that nonconsensual component of research raises Big Brother matter. It is certainly a major concern for some people. These are individuals who actually don't like to be monitored. They must not be tracked without their permission.
Study co-author Hidalgo stated that a statistic and a specific example are two different things just like how some individuals purchase any particular brand of computer. Individuals monitored in research are more statistics as we saw in examples. If information goes into wrong hands it could be misused by them. However, the research scientists used this information at broad patterns; they don’t use it for evil things. They are trying to make the world somewhat in a better form.
The information about people's travel patterns would help in designing better transportation arrangements. This can help doctors in fighting dispersion of contagious diseases. The study results also tell us something interesting about people. For example, people run to go to same locations several times in their routine life. The research showed that almost half of the individuals in the research go to an area more than six miles far. 83 percent of the individuals almost remain within a circle of 37-mile. 
There are also some individuals who travel very much. These peoples move approximately more than 150 miles every weekend to meet their girlfriend. Almost 3 percent of people travel for about more than 200-mile on regular basis. And only less than 1 percent of individuals go out of 620-mile area. However, most of public like to remain closer to their residential area. Hidalgo stated that he knows why it is; the reason is there are many people who don't like feverish lives. Travelling is a hassle activity.