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Also the accuracy of GPS is quite a bit higher than that of the accidental locating functionality of triangulating cell phone towers.
by tinus_hn 3y ago
Also the accuracy of GPS is quite a bit higher than that of the accidental locating functionality of triangulating cell phone towers.
- cloudripper 3y agoI know of a few occasions [0] when missing persons were found stranded in the mountains due to the assistance of cell tower triangulation. That said, it's a pain to get any element of accuracy and in the US, it takes a lengthy legal process for law enforcement to obtain that data. [0]: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64911138 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-64911138
- j16sdiz 3y agoWasn't the "enhanced 911" thing supposed to give the law enforcement all the location information when you dial 911?
- HWR_14 3y agoThis just isn't the case with modern phones. 5G and 4G use active beam forming. It usually only takes a single tower to figure out bearing and signal strength can indicate range. With just one tower, a carrier knows where a 5G phone is within 10m. Combining multiple towers shrinks that rapidly.