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went.in.to.the.library.to.check.out.your.topic.after.ordering.
it.online.
All. of. that. information. could. be. used. to. pinpoint. where.
you.were.at.any.given.time..Think.about.the.implications.of.
that. in. a. legal. case,. whether. it. is. you. trying. to. prove. your.
innocence. by.establishing. you.weren't.where.the. activity. in.
question.took.place,.or.if.it.is.the.prosecutor.trying.to.prove.
the.opposite.assertion.
Simply.by.knowing.who.has.those.records,.how.to.collect,.
preserve,. analyze,. and. organize. those. records,. and. how. to.
present.them,.one.can.put.together.a.very.convincing.time-
line.and.description.of.where.someone.was.at.any.given.time.
In.the.end,.electronic.records.that.prove.where.someone.
was.and.when.can.be.extremely.important..In.order.to.utilize.
those.records,.as.with.all.electronic.records.we.will.discuss,.
you.need.to.understand.irst.that.they.exist,.second.that.there.
is.someone.with.access.to.them,.and.third.that.there.will.be.
some.way.of.acquiring.those.records.that.you.will.need.to.put.
into.practice.
3.9 TELECOMMUNICATIONS
In.March.1876.when.Alexander.Graham.Bell.uttered.those.
now.famous.words,.“Mr..Watson,.come.here,.I.want.to.see.
you,”.into.the.irst.working.telephone,.I.doubt.very.much.that.
he.had.any.idea.how.ubiquitous.and.important.his.invention.
would.become..I.wonder.if.he.would.even.recognize.today's.
smart. phone. as. a. distant. relative. of. that. crude. device. that.
transmitted.vibrations.over.a.simple.circuit.to.another.device.
that. was. able. to. translate. those. vibrations. into. intelligible.
words.that.Watson.heard.clearly.
Those.irst.words.created.records.only.because.as.a.scien-
tist.Mr..Bell.bothered.to.write.down.what.happened..No.elec-
tronic.records.were.created.or.stored.from.those.or.myriad.
other.electromagnetic.telephone.conversations.that.followed.
for.many.years.after.that.
