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Post by fretslider on Feb 25, 2010 20:30:22 GMT
The surveillance state continues to grow in the UK and the people with ears and eyes on stalks continue to find new ways to snoop on the population at large. And now, mobile phones will allow the Police and the security services see our every move. How? Radar of course. The government's secret Celldar project will allow surveillance of anyone, at any time and anywhere there is a phone signal. The radical new system, which has outraged civil liberties groups, uses mobile phone masts to allow security authorities to watch vehicles and individuals 'in real time' almost anywhere in Britain. The technology 'sees' the shapes made when radio waves emitted by mobile phone masts meet an obstruction. Signals bounced back by immobile objects, such as walls or trees, are filtered out by the receiver. This allows anything moving, such as cars or people, to be tracked. Previously, radar needed massive fixed equipment to work and transmissions from mobile phone masts were thought too weak to be useful - until now. Ministry of Defence officials are hoping to introduce the system as soon as resources allow. Police and security services are known to be interested in a variety of possible surveillance applications. The researchers themselves say the system is aimed at anti-terrorism defence, security and road traffic management. The usual excuses for ever greater intrusion. "Eventually Celldar will use phased array antennas, a technology that Roke Manor specializes in. Each of the hundred-or-so antenna elements will have a separate receiver and ADC, all feeding some form of processor. "A phased array radar for less than $150,000 (100,000 pounds). Cross-correlation of direct and reflected signals is the method being used to detect time differences in the development system. Roke Manor hopes to add mobile phone knowledge from parent company Siemens to extract more information, but they are reluctant to say exactly what. The MoD is also putting in cash through its Radar Tower of Excellence program and Louisiana State University. A specialist in aviation is also involved" Doubleplusungood search.roke.co.uk/search/?sp-q=celldar&sp-a=sp100196db&sp-i=1
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