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Do you have a source for that? Even without cellular data turned on, carriers know your rough location based on cell tower locations.
by mcrady 8y ago
Do you have a source for that? Even without cellular data turned on, carriers know your rough location based on cell tower locations.
- conradev 8y agoYeah, oops, I meant "don't turn on your cellphone".
- RHSeeger 8y agoExcept that they can just turn your phone back on remotely, should they want to.
- LeoPanthera 8y agoThere is no [citation needed] big enough for this incredible claim.
- firmgently 8y agoNot to imply that it can just be done easily to every phone, or without preparation or perhaps previous physical access, but this concept has come up more than once in the mainstream news in recent years. So this level of incredulity seems misplaced. http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_reportedly_track_cellphones_even_when_they_re_turned_off.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/07/22/nsa_can_r... https://www.tomsguide.com/us/nsa-remotely-turn-on-phones,news-18854.html https://www.tomsguide.com/us/nsa-remotely-turn-on-phones,new...
- RHSeeger 8y agoHonestly, I thought it was a well known thing by now. A quick search on google turns up multiple writeups. > "Can anyone turn it on remotely if it's off?" Williams asked Snowden, referring to the "burner" smartphone Williams used for travel to Russia. "Can they turn on apps? Did anyone know or care that I Googled the final score of the Rangers-Canadiens game last night because I was traveling here?" > "I would say yes to all of those," Snowden replied. "They can absolutely turn them on with the power turned off to the device."
- akhilcacharya 8y agoUh, what? That’s a pretty significant claim.