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I'm curious, if I have no internet access and gps turned off on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S7) is there still hidden shit which is tracking my location? .. Like,

• vageli 7y ago
  > I'm curious, if I have no internet access and gps turned off on my phone (Samsung Galaxy S7) is there still hidden shit which is tracking my location? .. Like, is GPS not really turned off for example? Your location can still be determined by at least your service provider based on the strength of the signal it emits as received from the (presumably various) antenna sites in the area.
• sneak 7y ago
  You can’t use a phone without the tower knowing where your phone is. When data is sent to you it’s not transmitted via every tower in the country; it is sent out only via the tower to which your phone is associated. The only way to avoid this is to turn your phone off/disconnect from the network. Sadly network access and coarse location logging are impossible to unlink.
• mirimir 7y ago
  GPS is receive-only. You'd need substantial power to hit geostationary satellites. If you truly have no cellular or WiFi connectivity, nothing will be tracking your location. However, hardware kill switches are the only way to be sure of that. Or physically messing with the hardware.