Actually triangulation is used in GPS also. It is a very old tried and true method.
On 06/05/2014 09:59 AM, Matt Shields wrote: > Having worked for McCaw Cellular aka Cellular One aka AT&T Wireless > Services, I remember them doing this in the 90's. Even if your cell phone > doesn't have GPS capabilities, the phone companies could track you using > what's called triangulation. It's not as accurate as GPS, but it's close > enough. I remember working next to our fraud department in Ft Lauderdale > and they would help the FBI and other law enforcement agencies track down > people doing illegal things. It was a daily occurrence that some form of > law enforcement was in our office getting info. > > Read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking > > > Matt > > > On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 9:25 AM, Oliver Holmes <oliverholmes...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > >> Hi All! >> >> Thank you for reading and answering my post in advance. >> >> My question is old voice flip phones could only be traced to the >> transmitting tower. But I understand now that GPS is built in and is active >> whether you activate it or not. So there is the potential to track you >> within three meters. Is this so? >> >> >> Oliver >> _______________________________________________ >> Discuss mailing list >> Discuss@blu.org >> http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss >> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > Discuss@blu.org > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > -- Jerry Feldman <g...@blu.org> Boston Linux and Unix PGP key id:3BC1EB90 PGP Key fingerprint: 49E2 C52A FC5A A31F 8D66 C0AF 7CEA 30FC 3BC1 EB90
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