I've just had my smartphone stolen. I asked a friend to dial the number: I can hear it ringing.
Asked the police forensic expert - can it be triangulated? Yes, but (always there's a but). In the cities, where the uprights are in high concentration, triangulation can be accurate to within a couple of metres. In the country (where I live), with the uprights widely spaced, accuracy goes out to a couple of kilometres. So I got to thinking. Isn't there an app, which, when installed on the phone, enables you to contact the phone (ie., it must merely be on), send a password/code (whether the phone is answered/not): the phone then takes a GPS reading and transmits it to the caller? Or have I been reading too many sci-fi novels? Any help etc. Somewhat disgustedly, William Bennett. -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
