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No. Triangulation requires near-simultaneous signal strength readings from multiple towers at the time the position is to be computed. The cell tower cache you
by gress 13y ago
No. Triangulation requires near-simultaneous signal strength readings from multiple towers at the time the position is to be computed.
The cell tower cache you refer to does not contain that kind of data, so the data file des not provide a detailed history of the phones location. This has been shown by the people who investigated the file.
An extremely coarse location, to the resolution of cell towers can be obtained from the file, but as we know, that is available to the phone network anyway.
The parent comment talks about geolocation data at regular X minute intervals. This file does not provide that. Nor does it provide any information that the NSA can't get via the cell network about any phone. Indeed the network likely can provide triangulation.
The link you referenced is nothing but innuendo intended to implicate 'Apple' somehow.