wow, thanks for this; I did not know anything about such a setting. Sandy ----- Original Message ----- From: "delma bliss" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 2:27 PM Subject: [RecipesAndMore] Important Info You Need to Check Out!
> > > Important Info You Need to Check Out! > > PLEASE do this ! ! ! > I didn't know about this, but I checked my phone and there it > was........Hopefully, none of us will ever need this, but it's nice to > know > that something is in place......just in case. > Please look if you don't know about your cell phone location feature! > Thought this was worth passing along. > You may remember that a young woman was recently abducted from a Target > parking lot in Overland Park , a suburb of Kansas City > Her body was discovered many miles away in Missouri. > They were able to locate her by the > sequence of cell phone towers that picked up her cell phone location. > She had not attempted to dial out, > but when her family was trying to call her > the towers could Sense her phone. > Sadly, the authorities were not able to reach her in time. > However, they were ; ;able to locate her body > which was in an area where they > never would have searched without the cell phone tower information. > The cell phone 'locator' can be either set on: 1. 911 only' > ... in which case you must dial out to be located; > 2. or it can be set to be on all the time Location on > There is NO higher battery usage from having it on all of the time. > With it on all the time you can be located > by emergency services through the police if you fail to respond > (sick, injured or worse). > I found that on my phone 'location' ;was not on. > I turned it on so my phone can be traced. > ALL cell phones have this feature. > It's called Location. > 1. It's under the: Settings tool. > (on my phone it's under Settings, > then I go to Location). > 2. Once you turn this on, THEN your phone is traceable > (select Location On' instead of '911 Only). > To stay safe, everyone Needs to check their phone and turn this on!!! > Please pass the word to everyone you know. > This is some good information > that every body should have. > http://www.snopes.com/crime/prevent/cellping.asp > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Access the Recipes And More list archives at: http://www.mail-archive.com/recipesandmore%40googlegroups.com/ Visit the group home page at: http://groups.google.com/group/RecipesAndMore -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
