Cell phone tracking
As I really have no concerns about being spied upon, I make sure that both my and DWs cell phones have GPS tracking turned on and enabled at all times. When we are traveling, we realize that if anyth...
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noplace2 wrote:msgtord wrote:
Every cell phone is capable of being tracked.
Absolutely untrue. Use a basic without bells and whistles and you can only be "tracked" to your last call. In our case that might be a month and a few thousand miles ago.
Wrong again .... the cell pings the towers a few times every few minutes and reports its DNS number to the switch.
Remember the Malasian Air flight, they tracked it via the engine reporting software, even though it was not supposed to be in use. Highly inaccurate, but it did ping a satellite. The cell pings towers so the switching system can route it's calls, even if you don't make one.
