On Sun, 27 Jun 2004, Thomas Shaddack wrote:
On Sat, 26 Jun 2004, J.A. Terranson wrote:
Eventually the cellphones will be able to tell another phone approx where they are. Remember the 911-locator fascism?
I hate to break the news to you Major, but GPS enabled phones cannot be instructed to turn off the GPS feature for law enforcement queries (e.g., 911). Turn it on or turn it off, makes no matter.
Can it be disabled by hardware hack of the phone,
Likely
a mikropower jammer,
Only if you are willing to forego the phone as well, in which case, just remove the battery pack :-)
or using an "unofficial" firmware?
Almost certainly, although I do not have expertise in cellular firmware, so I am just making an educated assessment. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org "...justice is a duty towards those whom you love and those whom you do not. And people's rights will not be harmed if the opponent speaks out about them." Osama Bin Laden