Real time cell phone tracking
p2p news / p2pnet: US law enforcers can’t use cell phones to get real time tracking information without showing probable cause, says Wired News.
The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) filed a friend of the court brief in a New York case, and staff lawyer Kevin Bankston says the Justice Department may have been using cell phones to track people for a long time: judges typically don’t publish opinions on such orders.
“This is a true victory for privacy in the digital age, where nearly any mobile communications device you use might be converted into a tracking device," Wired has Bankston saying.
"Judges are starting to realize that when it comes to surveillance issues, the DOJ has been pulling the wool over their eyes for far too long."
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Wired News – University presidents file suit against FCC on wiretap ruling, October 26, 2005
October 28th, 2005 at 7:29 pm
“…EFF…staff lawyer Kevin Bankston says the Justice Department may have been using cell phones to track people for a long time.”
I posted info about people being tracked with cell phones here and got called a paranoid.
The question is not, “Are you paranoid?”
The question is, “Are you paranoid enough?”
October 29th, 2005 at 7:28 pm
Turn you cell phone off.
Simple as that.
October 31st, 2005 at 8:16 am
Turn off the phone and……
Take the battery out and attempt to turn it on again to completely discharge any residual power store in capacitors in the device. On some phones the locator beacon runs continuously (at reduced power) and may continue to transmit for some time after the phone is switched off. This is a design feature as most cell phones will automatically shut themselves off well before the battery is stone cold dead. The purpose of this particular design was to provide an extra margin of time for the beacon to operate in case the person using the phone was stranded in the middle of nowhere, or in trapped in their vehicle after running off the road in an isolated area, or other such emergency.
This function is also used to enhance cellular network efficiency. If the local network knows that your phone is still within it’s service area, but turned off, then it will not attempt to go find you in another service area or relay your call for roaming processing. In addition, the call is relayed directly to voicemail without the caller having to listen to the phone ring several times.
This function is completely separate from the E911 locator function which can enable 911 operators in pinpointing the location of a cellular caller very rapidly.
–TurboGeek