By anyone? Including cops?

4/30/2009 6:12:19 PM

if you have a gps capable phone

4/30/2009 6:13:39 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCyKcoDaofg

4/30/2009 6:13:42 PM

stop smoking so much pot and maybe you wouldn't be so paranoid

4/30/2009 6:14:38 PM

haha are there any payphones around NCSU?

4/30/2009 6:20:47 PM

4/30/2009 6:22:50 PM

actually, they don't even have to be gps capable, you can trace them from the tower

4/30/2009 6:35:16 PM

oh werd

4/30/2009 6:50:02 PM

shit, there's even something called skyhook that lets you track people based on the nearest wi-fi access point

4/30/2009 6:57:18 PM

treetwista for the motherfucking win

4/30/2009 7:24:01 PM

http://www.phonetrace.org

4/30/2009 7:26:10 PM

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"stop smoking so much pot and maybe you wouldn't be so paranoid "

4/30/2009 7:28:08 PM

traced by anyone, almost. depends on how deep your pockets are.

4/30/2009 9:08:42 PM

You can get a several mile radius from the phone tower, the tower can't tell you where specifically the call is happening. Two towers would narrow it down significantly, but you need a gps enabled phone to get specifics (which takes a second and a half, so don't think hanging up soon enough will save you like it does on the movies)

5/1/2009 11:00:46 AM

^^^^The detail on that site is scary

5/1/2009 11:03:20 AM

^lol... esp in a library

5/1/2009 11:25:02 AM

5/1/2009 11:57:47 AM

its hard to be anywhere now where only 1 cell tower would pick you up.

anyways, all cell phones can be traced with the e911 system, if the government really wants to.

5/1/2009 12:58:50 PM

^I would bet not all phones come with the locators necessary to back that up. Plus, with my old phone you could turn off the emergency gps locator. There is a way to protect yourself!

5/1/2009 1:02:32 PM

original e911 tech does not depend on gps, but rather telelocation.

5/1/2009 1:11:46 PM

technically the term is trilateralization.

5/1/2009 1:17:09 PM

BTW, don't let TV and movies fool you. Tracing a call locates you almost instantly.

5/1/2009 4:16:27 PM

i think most phones use multilateration, not trilateration--fwiw

5/1/2009 5:31:22 PM

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"Plus, with my old phone you could turn off the emergency gps locator."

nah e911 functionality is mandated by law

every phone I've had allows you to turn it off for everything BUT e911, so really you're not gonna be able to get around it

5/1/2009 6:20:13 PM

you turn it off by pulling that chip out if you can find it... otherwise just take out the battery and never turn it on again

5/1/2009 6:58:05 PM

Eels can definitely find you.

5/1/2009 8:13:22 PM

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"i think most phones use multilateration, not trilateration--fwiw"

well, 3 or more towers...

with only two, you get two solutions

5/1/2009 8:55:25 PM

Most towers have multiple antennas and more than one transceiver.

5/1/2009 9:04:23 PM