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The Snitch in Your Pocket (Tracking Americans' Cell Phones in Real Time— Without a Warrant)
Newsweek ^
| 2/19/10
| Michael Isikoff
Posted on 02/22/2010 12:29:24 PM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway
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posted on
02/22/2010 12:56:01 PM PST
by
RobRoy
(The US today: Revelation 18:4)
To: mkjessup
YOu are right about where you are but I was referring to the “who called.”
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posted on
02/22/2010 12:56:04 PM PST
by
Chickensoup
(We have the government we deserve. Is our government our traitor?)
To: nickcarraway
Whoever monitors my whereabouts is going to be bored to tears.
I say bring it on.
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posted on
02/22/2010 12:58:56 PM PST
by
JusPasenThru
(Why won't those knuckle-dragging tea-bagging right-wing bastards just negotiate with me?)
To: nickcarraway
Buy a prepaid, simple phone (mine was $9.99 Tracfone).
Don’t turn it on until you want to make a call.
Problem solved.
To: Nik Naym
You can turn the GPS “off”, however law enforcement can still override that.
“The only way to be secure when carrying a cell phone is to remove the battery.”
That is correct. One US Goernment facility where I worked required that cell phones either have the battery removed or left outside the perimeter.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:01:24 PM PST
by
Fred Hayek
(From this point forward the Democratic Party will be referred to as the Communist Party)
To: nickcarraway
We have a Yamaha electric grand piano in our living room and if a cellphone is in the same room it will ping through it (resonance?)every once in awhile.
So some kind of communication is going on passively.
Anyone else notice similar phenomenon?
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:01:59 PM PST
by
norraad
("What light!">Blues Brothers)
To: Nik Naym
The IPhone doesn’t have a removable battery.
To: nickcarraway
Bookmark for classroom discussion in sociology this week. The kids will LOVE this one! NOT! They're really huge fans of our "Dear Leader." I teach in an inner city high school.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:19:10 PM PST
by
ExSoldier
(Democracy is 2 wolves and a lamb voting on dinner. Liberty is a well armed lamb contesting the vote.)
To: norraad
We have a Yamaha electric grand piano in our living room and if a cellphone is in the same room it will ping through it (resonance?)every once in awhile. If the phone is turned on, it will communicate with the nearby cell tower periodically. The resulting interference with some electronic devices is especially noticeable in GSM phones (i.e. AT&T, T-mobile).
In your case, the piano is not sufficiently shielded to avoid reject the interference. I also hear it through speakerphones all the time. It is reportedly a real problem for some hearing aids, which are so small that sufficient shielding is impossible.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:20:32 PM PST
by
justlurking
(The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good WOMAN (Sgt. Kimberly Munley) with a gun)
To: Nik Naym
The only way to be secure when carrying a cell phone is to remove the battery. If someone rarely does that, then one day they do, that is a tip off they are up to something. It can be much more incriminating than leaving the cell phone on, sitting in front of a TV.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:25:37 PM PST
by
Reeses
To: nickcarraway
Buy either an internet tablet or an old PocketPC/Palm Pilot with Wifi capabilities on Ebay.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:27:25 PM PST
by
TypeZoNegative
(Pro life & Vegan because I respect all life, Republican because our enemies don't respect ours.)
To: norraad
I’ve noticed the problem if I put it too close to my computer speakers, or the stereo in my car. I’ve also noticed it on wireless mics if the speaker puts the mic transmitter near a cell phone.
To: Secret Agent Man
I don’t think you can remove the battery from Ipods.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:42:17 PM PST
by
Renegade
("Bring it on while I still don't need glasses to shoot your eye out ")
To: mkjessup
“All land line calls are tracked”
Might as well be tracking buggy whips too! (Who needs a land line anymore?)
To: NY Attitude
I think that even if your option is turned off, as long as your cell has power and can receive, that can be overridden.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:50:02 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
To: Nervous Tick
I think your right. I suppose one could remove the battery from their cell phone while doing their dastardly deeds and not be tracked.
To: Reeses
If someone rarely does that, then one day they do, that is a tip off they are up to something. It can be much more incriminating than leaving the cell phone on, sitting in front of a TV. Why not just buy a throw away? No phone, no records of who was called, or originated the call.
To: Chickensoup
I think they call the tracking device for landlines a phone book.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:53:47 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
To: nickcarraway
This is why pay phones are so rare...
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:55:36 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
To: Dem Guard
I still use my landline exclusively when I am home. My cell doesn’t work well at home, I can have phones in different rooms, and I can use a decent sized phone instead of some little thing.
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posted on
02/22/2010 1:57:44 PM PST
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to...otherwise, things would be different)
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