NEW WORLD ORDER

Lost? hiding? Your mobile phone is keeping tabs

Families and employers are adopting surveillance technology once used mostly to track soldiers and prisoners. New electronic services with names like uLocate and Wherify Wireless make a very personal piece of information for cellphone users — physical location — harder to mask.
Privacy advocates say the lack of legal clarity about who can gain access to location information poses a serious risk.
The new generation of tracking devices takes many forms, from plastic bracelets that can be locked onto children to small boxes with tiny antennae that can be placed unobtrusively in cars.