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Ten Ways Your Smartphone Knows Where You Are

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Posted 06 April 2012 - 05:00 AM

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  Posted 06 April 2012 - 11:54 AM

Any digital device can be monitored. What is new that a smart phone can do the same?
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Posted 14 May 2012 - 05:40 PM

View PostTheOldTopkick, on 06 April 2012 - 11:54 AM, said:

Any digital device can be monitored. What is new that a smart phone can do the same?


Theoretically you can just follow anyone and figure out where they are at any moment. Doesn't mean it's always been done.
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  Posted 14 May 2012 - 11:19 PM

But smart phones make it SO MUCH EASIER, with a dedicated internet connection to literally 'phone home' with whatever location data it accumulates.

Even passively, it can listen to 'GPS' signals 24/7, and only occasionally report back what it has recorded, while it's busy with 'other' communications.

Not that ALWAYS having a camera and a microphone with you that can 'go hot' at any time is a good idea, either.
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