Re: [OT] Finding people with GSM phones (was Re: GPS heads up )

[Mike Smith]

> There were some famous cases where some criminals were located by tracking
> down their cell phone. The police needed some decision from court to do
> that, but after that, it was a short way to go. The GSM nets have some of
> this ability built in, to track phones. The operators only don't want the
> "normal" citizen or user to know about that.

This capability of GSM was well known when it was introduced in .au, but 
when my phone was stolen, the telco bastards wouldn't admit to being able 
to tell me anything about where it was (even though I could still call 
it...).

What's being proposed here sounds just slightly scary.
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