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> You can bet that, since he was on the run, his cell phone was off. You then follow this with > But if he was on the run, why was he carrying a cell phone? A
by Guvante 13y ago
> You can bet that, since he was on the run, his cell phone was off.
You then follow this with
> But if he was on the run, why was he carrying a cell phone? Answer: because he was stupid.
Your postulation that this is sufficient proof to say that they can track you with your phone off is suspect.
- mikeash 13y agoThe baseband can control everything, and the baseband itself can be controlled remotely. It is at least technically feasible. There's no real room for doubt on that.
- hamiltonkibbe 13y ago>the baseband can control everything Why would that be the case? Baseband in this case refers to a frequency, eg taking data(audio, SMS, etc) and mod/demodulating it. It should take raw data at the bottom of the OSI model and prep it for the RF front end, and vice versa. I may absolutely be wrong, but it doesn't have any connection to the microphone other than receiving preprocessed digital audio from the application processor. Look at the interface for an e.g TI cc2500, that's the sort of device that's being discussed
- mikeash 13y ago"Baseband" in this case refers to a dedicated CPU and software that handles all of the high-level cellular radio protocol work. It's where the logic would be implemented to handle the data coming from a chip like the cc2500.
- CamperBob2 13y agoI was skeptical the last time this subject came up, too, but someone pointed out that for an attacker with root access, it would be easy enough to reprogram the phone's power button to act like it was turning the phone off without actually doing so. Given the fact that US law enforcement and security agencies are (now) indisputably known to be in the zero-day hacking business, the burden of proof is on those of us who've always claimed these stories were exaggerated. Personally, I no longer feel confident about calling bullshit on much of anything. With the US government's infinite budget and unaccountable influence over device manufacturers and telcos, no hack is impossible.
- bigd 13y agoSorry but can't avoid laughing at infinite budget etc etc after a masterpiece such as https://www.healthcare.gov/ https://www.healthcare.gov/ If all the operations are carried on by the same kind of contractors, we can sleep tight for few years.
- reginaldjcooper 13y agoOr a full-on cynic/paranoiac would suggest the poorly-done websites are part of a gaslighting scheme.
- Theodores 13y ago'gaslighting' - we don't use that term often in the UK, looks like a good word though... Please can you explain what that word means in this context. Thanks!
- reginaldjcooper 13y agoIt's purposely constructing a false reality to make a victim think they are going insane. I am taking some rhetorical liberties by not intending the second part of that and using it to refer to the false information only. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
- fegu 13y agoI guess you mean this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaslighting
- kamjam 13y agoA friend of mine has always said that if you want a big f-up in projects then get the government to run it. But if you want something carried out with precision then get the military to do it. Funny thing is, it doesn't seem to matter where healthcare systems are carried out they always run over time and over budget and end up in a big mess! http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24130684 http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-24130684