Real Time Location of Every Cell Phone Can Be Accessed By Anyone

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5 years ago 05/13/2018 12:58am EDT

re: amkelley

amkelley wrote:
What's up with this? wrote:
How do we disengage? ?
It's a well-kept secret, but cell phones can be turned off. Trust me, they can.
I own a cell phone but it is turned off 99% of the time. Honest, the world doesn't end if you access the Internet only from your computer, not from your phone.

That doesn't help those of use who ditched land lines and still talk to people on the phone.

This needs to be fixed legislatively. I'm OK with law enforcement getting this data with a warrant, but not with scumbag companies like Securus selling our location data with just a checkbox checked that the one interested has "received authorization".

5 years ago 05/13/2018 1:38am EDT

re: amkelley

amkelley wrote:
What's up with this? wrote:
How do we disengage? ?
It's a well-kept secret, but cell phones can be turned off. Trust me, they can.
I own a cell phone but it is turned off 99% of the time. Honest, the world doesn't end if you access the Internet only from your computer, not from your phone.

I thought when you turn them off they're not actually off...unless you remove the battery?

5 years ago 05/13/2018 2:32am EDT

re: Nope

Nope wrote:
I See You! wrote:
You can't. I think this clearly explains why Facebook requires everyone to have a cell phone number on their account or they lock your account. Facebook likely uses your cell phone number to track your location in real time even if you have GPS disabled or never use Facebook apps.
I don't have a cell phone number on my Facebook account.

Same.

5 years ago 05/13/2018 3:04am EDT

re: zzzz

A senior British judge has highlighted the benefits of legislation that obliges people to carry their mobile phone at all times.

I think there will be far fewer contested criminal cases in the future, mainly because of the surveillance of which I have already spoken. We have recently seen the impact that digital disclosure of mobile phone records has had on rape prosecutions. One change in behaviour is already having a big impact on the eradication of contested criminal cases. Most people carry their smartphones on their person at all times with their GPS location switched on. They do this voluntarily, but if the legislators were, for example, to require citizens to carry phones at all times, it would be even more difficult to avoid detection. With or without such a rule, as the location of all persons is continuously uploaded to the cloud, there will be far fewer identity issues in criminal cases. As society seems to accept more and more surveillance, I wonder how radical the change I have mentioned will seem to the population in 10, 15 or 20 years' time.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/05/11/top_judge_mulls_compulsory_mobile_phone_carrying

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