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Cell phone towers can still track you, unless you don't have a SIM card.
by DeWilde 5y ago
Cell phone towers can still track you, unless you don't have a SIM card.
- judge2020 5y agoUntil mmWave 5G becomes the norm, LTE towers aren't as accurate as the GPS data obtained by Google. The difference between 30 meters of accuracy[0] and a few meters with Galileo/GPS[1] could be the difference of a search yielding everyone in one building and finding everyone in the neighboring buildings on the same block. 0: https://www.marketingdive.com/ex/mobilemarketer/cms/news/research/22928.html#:~:text=The%20report%20also%20found%20that%20for%20one%20national%20retailer%2C%20the%20average%20location%20accuracy%20for%20stores%20in%20different%20cities%20varied%20greatly%2C%20with%20New%20York%20at%2087%20meters%2C%20Boston%20at%2051%20meters%20and%20Chicago%20at%2010%20meters.%C2%A0 https://www.marketingdive.com/ex/mobilemarketer/cms/news/res... 1: https://www.deingenieur.nl/artikel/after-13-years-galileo-satellite-navigation-complete-at-last#:~:text=For%20general%20use%2C%20Galileo%20has%20an%20accuracy%20of%20less%20than%20a%20meter%20(GPS%3A%20three%20metres)%2C https://www.deingenieur.nl/artikel/after-13-years-galileo-sa...
- eurasiantiger 5y agoThey can still track the device by IMEI, because the radio connects to the base station. SIM is only necessary to register on a network. You can still call emergency services even without a SIM.