'WORKING LATE' WON'T WORK ANYMORE

摘要

It sounded too Orwellian ever to succeed. In 2000, Korean cellular carrier SK Telecom introduced a service called "find friends" that lets others follow your every move, using a signal beamed from your handset. At the time, many wondered whether anyone would consent to such tracking. But five years—and countless terrorist attacks, earthquakes, and other calamities—later, the service is taking off. "I used to be worried when my boyfriend didn't answer my calls," says Shim You Sun, a 25-year-old accountant who pays 11c each time she checks up on him. "Now I can rest assured drat he is at work or busy attending a seminar."