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Could the wireless carriers track phones even if they were carrier unlocked or factory unlocked?
by woem 4y ago
Could the wireless carriers track phones even if they were carrier unlocked or factory unlocked?
- orangepurple 4y agoThe cellular modem usually has GPS and SMS capabilities integrated in one hardware package. Also, separately, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS#Silent_SMS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMS#Silent_SMS
- kube-system 4y agoYes, this functionality is required by law and is done at the chipset firmware level these days. And even before phones supported this, it was done by triangulation at the carriers towers.
- callalex 4y agoHow would those two things be related at all?