yeah but that's the technology that's becoming obsolete and is mandated for phase-out because of the 911 aspects. The article I linked to where I was talking about this has a graphic that shows the difference, which is something like, the cell tower will put you at a shopping center (say) and maybe pinpoint that you are at Home Depot.
GPS shows you at Home Depot, and probably in what aisle ;) The scary stuff is where it knows where you are even if your GPS is off. On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:58 AM, Eric Roberts < [email protected]> wrote: > > A lot of phones use tower triangulation instead of GPS...or give you an > option to use a combo of the 2 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dana [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2012 4:08 AM > To: cf-community > Subject: Re: In furtherance of the surveillance nation..... > > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1qDYSCONyg&sns=em > > note, in some dense urban environments gps is not necessary for tracking > location.... that's the code apple was trying to patent. > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:55 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > > > well, I turn off the GPS in my phone just for funsies, though I'm easy > > enough to find in other ways if somebody really wants to and it's more > > likely to be a problem for me --say if I had to call 911 -- than > > anyone else. But I've seen one too many DEFCON presentations and I > > figure why make it easy for the bastards. If we stop caring about > > privacy we'll stop having any. > > > > I have a link about that someone else sent me, will send it though in > > a minute. By the way I think that seignorage thing was about minting > > money not usury, will try to look that up too while I am multitasking > here.... > > > > > > On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 1:43 AM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > >> It's crazy. > >> > >> What actions can you really take to go off the grid and still have a > >> life though? > >> > >> > >> On Tue, Apr 17, 2012 at 4:12 AM, Dana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I see that and raise you this: > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> http://www.fusionauthority.com/news/4838-all-your-contact-are-belong- > >> to-us.htm > >> > > >> > > >> > see the "ramifications" section. Since we're doing such a good job > >> > of appalling eaver other ... > >> > > >> > ;) > >> > > >> > On Mon, Apr 16, 2012 at 5:00 PM, LRS Scout <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > > >> > > http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2012/03/petraeus-tv-remote/ > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > >> > >> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:349948 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
