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Even before e911 was implemented on all the phones I could ping phones and give the FBI the approximate location and direction based on cell site handoffs. I h
by LinuxBender 4y ago
Even before e911 was implemented on all the phones I could ping phones and give the FBI the approximate location and direction based on cell site handoffs. I had to use RF engineering maps that were overlaid on street maps but it worked. This was in 1997 on a GSM network.
- NotYourLawyer 4y agoI’m aware of a court case almost a decade earlier where cell phone location information was introduced into evidence.
- LinuxBender 4y agoI believe it. Even on AMPS and D-AMPS one could still get approximate location. It just wouldn't be quite as accurate but if all you need is a neighborhood it could suffice.