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Thread ID: 96672 2009-01-18 22:55:00 Phone Tracking?? JOYBEBA6679 (10686) PC World Chat
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740115 2009-01-18 22:55:00 Is there a REAL way to track a cell phone via satellite?? There are a lot of jokes out there but Id like to know if its possible. JOYBEBA6679 (10686)
740116 2009-01-18 23:36:00 Your telco would be able to tell which cell site you are near providing your phone is turned on. Your phone does send & recieve the odd signal even when you're not using it so as to keep you connected no matter where you are. That's only to the nearest land based cell site, not to any satellite. However I guess it is possible even if not reality Ofthesea (14129)
740117 2009-01-18 23:40:00 I see, thanks. JOYBEBA6679 (10686)
740118 2009-01-19 04:57:00 You mention satellite, the answer is YES if you are using a sattelite phone, and if so you must be very very wealthy...

For ordinary cellphones, the signal strengths are logged from all sites you are in range of, triangulation gives a reasonable approximation but requires a lot of manual number crunching. In rural locations where only one cellsite is in range, not really possible.

One day soon (or it may be here in some now) the phones will also contain a GPS chip, so location can be determined to a metre or three.
godfather (25)
740119 2009-01-19 07:03:00 All American cellphones have to be trackable by GPS and satellite. read this news item here (news.cnet.com) gary67 (56)
740120 2009-01-19 07:30:00 The iPhone3G certainly is trackable :) Chilling_Silence (9)
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