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Japan: Mobile phone allows boss to snoop

Researchers have produced a mobile phone that could be a boon for prying bosses wanting to keep tabs on the movements of their staff.

Japanese phone giant KDDI Corporation has developed technology that tracks even the tiniest movement of the user and beams the information back to headquarters. It plans to sell the service to clients such as managers, foremen and employment agencies.

(Source: BBC News)