On Thu, Dec 31, 2009 at 11:41:34AM -0500, Jesse K Ziter wrote: > They've been able to do this since at least 1990. I read a book by marc > Bowden called "Killing Pablo", and Bowden reported that one of the ways the > military tracked Escobar was by turning on his cell phone mic. Also for your > consideration http://news.cnet.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html
There's a big difference between "not in call" and "off". Turned on and not in call? Yes, totally trackable and, if properly set up, externally controllable (requires manufacturer-installed backdoors or dynamically updatable code). Turned off? Not so much. Again, provable with EMF meters, signal analyzers, or simply monitoring the battery level. There's a reason your battery doesn't last - powering a cell radio takes a lot of juice. -m -- Mike Kershaw/Dragorn <[email protected]> GPG Fingerprint: 3546 89DF 3C9D ED80 3381 A661 D7B2 8822 738B BDB1 Quidquid Latine Dictum Sit, Altum Viditur (Anything said in latin sounds profound)
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