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GPS and phones

GPS requires many calculations to triangulate position from the feed. Thus, phones don't actually transmit the position, but the datastreams it receives. Thus, to find out your position you need the towers. Towers receiving from older phones without GPS can triangulate position, so the GPS isn't really needed, but it is more precise.

Also, most phones as I understand allow you to set it to only transmit the GPS data (if a GPS is built in) when you dial 911. Though, arguably, it may transmit at other times, possibly due to a 'backdoor' trigger.

So, the moral of this article is if there is reason for the government to be interested in tracking you, be sure to remove the battery from your phone and not drive a car with a built in GPS.

Posted by: hawkeyeaz1   Posted on: 03/02/06 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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