On 13/11/2013 6:46 PM, Ivan Trundle wrote: > On 13 Nov 2013, at 2:58 pm, Andrew Thornton <[email protected]> wrote: >> Um, technically it is correct that a phone cannot be tracked when it is >> switched off! >> But my understanding was that if malware turns the mobile phone back on >> periodically then the phone can be tracked!! Thus taking the battery out >> would be one way to defeat this. > From my reading of the reports, the implication is that the ‘off’ state of a > phone is not simply determined. With more complex phones, either malware of > other means are able to give the impression that the phone is ‘off’, in spite > of some vital circuitry being powered (such as the clock etc). > > The inability of some phones to remove the battery is one impediment - but in > practice, how many people power down their phone and then remove the battery, > to be absolutely sure? > > iT
Well, since spooks have been doing this sort of thing for ages in terms using mobile phones as bugs even when powered off[1], is it not such a stretch to think that this could EASILY extend to location tracking?? [1] http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
