Re: UKNM: Re: UKNM Digest V1 #621

[Sam Carrington]

Using a hacked phone linked to a PC and some nice home-brew software it

is possible to trace phone movements from cell to cell. I dont know

about the 'within 100 yards' bit but it wouldnt surprise me, especially

since the time I heard about this was also several years ago.


I also remember reading something about a PIN based service in Japan

which allows the owner of a phone to dial a number, and be faxed a map

of their phone's location. Handy in the event of a theft, or if an

employee calls in sick on a work mobile with a suspicious amount of

pub-like background noise, but it made me wonder who holds the master

key! Any confirmation or refutation of this service welcome - I hate

labouring under delusions as much as the next man/woman/amoeba...


Funnily enough I dont own, and have never owned a mobile ;-) 


Tom Hume wrote:

> 

> And you think they haven't been able to do this for years? ;) I'm sure I

> remember reading an article in a broadsheet (possibly online) about this

> sort of thing 94/95ish...


-- 

    sam carrington  //  senior web developer  //  sensei.co.uk


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