10 Jan
2001
10 Jan
'01
7:37 a.m.
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Phillip H. Zakas wrote:
I don't believe cell phones can be queried while they're off. The phone has to xmit a pulse
Quite right. In addition to this, the data used to triangulate a phone usually originates in the phone itself - GSM phones periodically transmit field strength measurements to the base station of all the cells they hear. This is the basis of normal triangulation, as most GSM networks do not have a triangulation capability built in. Sampo Syreeni <decoy@iki.fi>, aka decoy, student/math/Helsinki university