On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 10:53:03AM -0400, Mark Wallace wrote: > It is my information that your cell phone company knows where you > are now, even if your cell phone is turned off. The only way to > really disappear into the woods is to take the battery out or leave > their service area (easy to do if you have a Sprint connection, like > Virgin Mobile does)
Incorrect, otherwise the phone wouldn't be allowed on airplanes while turned off. Also easily provable with a spectrum analyzer or a EMF meter. It's not like a rfid tag where you can remotely power it from the tower, and there's no radio activity in airplane mode or when powered off. -m -- Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[email protected]> GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 "Give a man a fire, and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he's warm for the rest of his life." -- Terry Pratchett
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