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Nov 23, 2007 16:52

Another day, another reason to be glad I don't carry a cell phone.

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divineserpent November 24 2007, 02:15:30 UTC

scorpionis November 24 2007, 18:32:44 UTC
If you turn off all of the 'track me' options, or just turn the phone off, it doesn't work. Still creepy, though.

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baculus November 25 2007, 04:45:47 UTC
This post disagrees with you regarding turning the phone off. I'm no expert myself. But I don't doubt this claim for a minute:There have even been cases where people have been disciplined/dismissed from jobs based on cell movement monitoring by their employer.

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daimone86 November 26 2007, 07:09:39 UTC
Yeah, I definitely don't think turning off the tracking does anything, because it still tracks you instantly if you dial 9-11, whether on or off, which means the cops know where youare or where the phone is.
Is the tracker in the phone or the chip?
Needless to say that a little hacking at the hideout, a quick coded text message and the cops are following an abandoned cell phone, (stashed in the well of a truck at a gas station,) into mexico, while the target is driving north, into the deserts of New Mexico.
Ah, but what of lap tops? Do laptops have GPS chips in them s these days?

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laptops? baculus November 26 2007, 14:21:43 UTC
Dunno. I don't have one of those either, which I guess makes me deficient as an academic.

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Re: laptops? daimone86 November 26 2007, 14:43:25 UTC

We've already lost sheilagh December 2 2007, 18:50:57 UTC

sheilagh April 6 2008, 02:21:10 UTC
hrm, somehow you've been linked in my mind with "keeps at least half an eye on the growing panopticon"... so, here's news of another brick in the invisible wall:

http://www.boomantribune.com/story/2008/4/4/154910/0490

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