Re: Suicide Crisis Center Cell phone tracking

From: Dale DePriest (Dale_at_gpsinformation.het)
Date: 02/09/05 

Date: Wed, 09 Feb 2005 07:40:01 -0800

Fred wrote:

> Something I just thought about as reading this thread (and I do not
> want my privacy at stake unless I call 911) altho it probably has been
> answered in some of the other gps-enabled cell phones: But if the
> phone is indoors (can't see satellites) is it any more accurate than a
> gps - that is can it really report its location with any accuracy or
> is it still a fallback of cell tower that receives the cell signal.

It can remember its last fix which probably occured as you entered the
building. Standard 911 for land line phones can't get any closer than
that either. Due to the assistend mode the GPS requires very little time
to get a fix.

Dale

>
> Mine is set for 911 but not otherwise.
>
> On 08 Feb 2005 00:16:08 GMT, peterwoj@aol.com (PETERWOJ) wrote:
>
>
>>I have LG phone with GPS on Verizon network. There are 2 options as far as GPS
>>is concerned on my phone: enable GPS at all times, disable GPS at all times
>>except 911 call. There are no other options to disable GPS however I would
>>imagine to get GPS solution under second option I would need to dial 911 and
>>any other number shouldn't engage GPS. It's one of those privacy against safety
>>issues. One option would be to start all emergency numbers as 911 with 4 digit
>>extension so the phone software would recognize it as emergency and send
>>position anyway. On the other hand the question is: Would the person still call
>>Suicide Crisis Center knowing his phone can be tracked? If the person wanted to
>>be saved he/she could tell the location to the operator, on the other hand
>>knowing that making the call will reveal persons location may stop some people
>
>>from making the call all together.
> 

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