Re: gps and wi fi

On 25 May 2007 03:31:45 -0700, Marci.McConnell@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

My company is going to equip us with a cellphone that has wi fi and
gps in it to track us. Is there anyway to fool either wi fi or gps
into thinking it's at a cetain location when it's not?

The gps antenna will usually be located inside the plastic body of the
phone at a point which will be closest to the sky when you are using
it in a normal position. Cover this area on the phone with a small
patch of foil-lined duct tape and the gps will not receive signals,
even when you are talking on it. It won't put you somewhere else - it
will put you nowhere at all!

If it is just a game to you, go somewhere you want to be reported at,
and let the phone have a good view of the sky for a while before
placing the duct tape over the antenna location. With any luck it
will henceforth report this "last known position" any time it is
queried.

Remember to remove the duct tape and all traces of glue when someone
in the office wants to check your phone to see why the gps is not
working right.

After they replace it a half a dozen times and it still will not work,
they will declare you a gps nogo zone and give up trying track you.

Either that or they'll just replace you!

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