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Busshianic (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:02 PM Original message |
Did you know the government can track your Cell phone?Even when theyre off |
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Skidmore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:03 PM Response to Original message |
1. I don't have one and that's one of the reasons. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #1 |
5. that's why I've held onto one of my older motorola models... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
10. I don't have one either |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:09 PM Response to Reply #1 |
11. I don't either-- I refuse to be wired 24/7.... |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:15 PM Response to Reply #11 |
16. yeah same here |
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mike_c (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #16 |
19. when I cancelled my SBC landline and went to VOIP only... |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:04 PM Response to Original message |
2. Time for someone to develop a blocking device... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:24 PM Response to Reply #2 |
22. Then you won't get your calls. |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:47 PM Response to Reply #22 |
25. the old cell phones didn't have the GPS chip.... |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 01:26 PM Response to Reply #25 |
32. The call was broadcast 360 degrees, to the ENTIRE cell. |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
3. Yes, and not just the government. n/t |
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hlthe2b (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
6. who else can track? |
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Greyhound (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:58 PM Response to Reply #6 |
29. everyone with access to the GPS system including, but not limited to, |
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lpbk2713 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:05 PM Response to Original message |
4. Stick with an older cell phone. |
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TomInTib (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
7. Sometime when I check my voicemail I get |
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kansasblue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. I think your stretching things a little.... |
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AndyTiedye (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:09 PM Response to Original message |
9. They Can Track Them When They Are On. NOT WHEN THEY ARE OFF |
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welshTerrier2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:10 PM Response to Original message |
12. the GPS feature ... |
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DistressedAmerican (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:12 PM Response to Original message |
13. Just Wrap It In Tin Foil! That Should Clear Up The Problem! |
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CrispyQ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:39 PM Response to Reply #13 |
24. lol! Great answer! |
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The Backlash Cometh (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
14. So, in other words, they can find the last three thieves that took off |
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Not Me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
18. It's not in their interests... |
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Graf Orlok (441 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:13 PM Response to Original message |
15. Damn. |
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genieroze (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:15 PM Response to Original message |
17. I just read this, real creepy stuff. I can't shut off my GPS tracker on my |
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DS1 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:19 PM Response to Original message |
20. The Government can't track shit |
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Silverhair (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:22 PM Response to Original message |
21. Doesn't work if the phone is off. |
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tjwash (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:25 PM Response to Original message |
23. Cool, so if I decide want to rob a bank or something... |
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Cessna Invesco Palin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
26. Those links were hardly long enough to require tinyurl. |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:50 PM Response to Original message |
27. Doesn't work when the phone is OFF. |
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Busshianic (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 01:55 PM Response to Reply #27 |
33. They can be tracked when its off, break out the tin foil, heres the quote |
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patcox2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:04 PM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Still wrong. |
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Busshianic (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:10 PM Response to Reply #34 |
35. I agree, the thing is when its "off" its still emiting that signal |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:13 PM Response to Reply #35 |
37. Please show me where in the article it says that. |
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Busshianic (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:31 PM Response to Reply #37 |
40. Its not in those articles, Ive been reading about it all day, heres a link |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 03:32 PM Response to Reply #40 |
43. Ok, but I think the sentence BEFORE the last one is the most telling. |
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Busshianic (46 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 03:53 PM Response to Reply #43 |
44. Yeah, its just sometimes "off" isnt technically powerless :) |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:25 PM Response to Reply #35 |
39. Quote from the article: |
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Sydnie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:53 PM Response to Original message |
28. EVERYTHING can be tracked if they want to |
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crispini (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:11 PM Response to Reply #28 |
36. THAT is a different technology. |
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Balbus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 12:59 PM Response to Original message |
30. A cell phone can't be tracked when it's off. |
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Berserker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 01:08 PM Response to Reply #30 |
31. Eureka !!!!!!! |
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FreedomAngel82 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
38. What is the purpose of it?? |
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meisje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:32 PM Response to Original message |
41. Two cans and a string baby!! |
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OmmmSweetOmmm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Sep-27-05 02:33 PM Response to Original message |
42. I shut off my GPS when I got this phone. It can only be used for 911. |
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