Is Homeland Security tracking everyone in Seattle?

[MineralMan]

15. Want to learn more about this technology?

Click this link:

http://www.meshdynamics.com/

This appears to be the leader in mesh WiFi communications technology. Lots of pages to study and press accounts of implementations.

It appears to be more oriented toward communications by agencies than toward spying on the public. It sets up a web of WiFi routers, installed at every intersection in an urban area. That "mesh" allows dropout-free communications for emergency responders. The system offers broadband communication to mobile systems without the drop-out problem that line-of-sight systems have.

It's an interesting website about some interesting new technology. It could also be used to set up a WiFi infrastructure for public use, as well. I don't think that's what Seattle has in mind, though. I think they're installing it for emergency responder communications.

Could it be used to track someone and their cellphone? I don't know, but nothing like that is mentioned in the literature at that site. It's all about communications that can't be interrupted by dead zones.

Wikipedia has an article about mesh networking in general, too:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mesh_networking

Have fun.