Comments on: Supreme Court Rejects Cellphone Tracking By Police

By: kyle

kyle — Sun, 19 Oct 2014 23:45:31 +0000

@Rasbone – your cell phone transmits a signal which towers pick up. this is not a GPS signal – it is the handshake signal that tells the cell network which tower will handle your call based on signal strength. Multiple towers will pick up your signal, and the one with strongest signal will handle any calls you make.

in other words, in any location where three or more towers are hitting your phone, i can pinpoint your location to within about 1 acre. with two towers, i can tell what stretch of road you are on… and that position information updates every 30 seconds or so, sometimes less as you move and change cells on the tower network.

once that much is known, a radio dispatch to a police car near you can have cops on you shortly.

turning off your GPS location simply forces the police to use a method they’ve already been using for years…

By: perdido fisherman

perdido fisherman — Sat, 18 Oct 2014 05:29:04 +0000

Good for the Florida Supreme Court, I’m glad they still recognize that we still have SOME freedoms left.

By: Realist

Realist — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 17:14:45 +0000

That’s actually not correct. You cannot “turn off” your “location finder.” Unless you take the battery/SIM card out of the phone it is in constant contact with cell towers which “ping” your location every few minutes. These pings can locate you within a mile or so, regardless if you use your phone or not.

By: rasbone

rasbone — Fri, 17 Oct 2014 13:08:47 +0000

Probably smart drug dealer,but not very bright when it involves something requiring a brain.One can turn their location finder off.I keep mine on because its a great tool to find you if needed.I don’t care who knows where I am.I’m doing nothing wrong.