Re: Suicide Crisis Center Cell phone tracking
From: Andreas van Hooijdonk (ahooijdZ_at_scarletZ.beZ)
Date: 02/07/05
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Date: Mon, 7 Feb 2005 17:08:45 +0100
"xx" <paraxial@msn.com> wrote in message
news:lVLNd.41800$NC6.26985@newsread1.mlpsca01.us.to.verio.net...
> So then is it true that the GPS A tracking function can only be utilized
if
> the cell phone user dials 911? With landline phones, it has been possible
> in the most desperate cases for use to tell the telephone company the time
> at which the incoming came into our call center and have them trace the
call
> back to its location, even if the call is no longer in progress. They
would
> then pass this location information to the police.
>
> We had hoped that it might be possible to have a similar arrangement with
> phase II cell phones. In other words contact either the police or cell
> company and have them interrogate the cell phone to learn its location.
So
> again, the question becomes can the phone company enable gps-a on a phase
II
> phone and determine its position if it has not called 911?
>
> And if the phone has been used to call 911, is the location information
> automatically recorded for any such call?
>
> Thank you for considering these questions...
>
>
>
When phase II will be fully implemented, a call to 911 will be recorded. For
privacy reasons the GPS receiver can not be activated remotedly by tiers.
Unless you have subscribed to a tracking service and explicitely authorize
some-one to track your phone. However, I think that carriers can always
track cell phones, but the question is whether they will admit it and hand
over the information to you. If this way a life is lost than that is the
price we have to pay for our privacy, according to some groups.
-- Andreas van Hooijdonk http://www.gps-practice-and-fun.com
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