William H. Geiger III writes:
In <v03102808b0d0b5632db7@[208.129.55.202]>, on 12/31/97 at 06:53 PM, Steve Schear <schear@lvdi.net> said:
and keep your cell phone turned off.
It is my understanding that they can still track you with the cell phone turned off so long as there is power going to the box (most auto cell phones are hardwired into the cars electrical system).
How? The little I know about cellular is that the handset only broadcasts to the cells when its on. Of course, 'on' and 'off' might mean different things on a hand-held with limited battery life, and a mobile that's connected to a large battery with a generator (car). But it doesn't make sense to have the even the mobile system constantly communicating with cells and getting hand-offs when the operator has switched it 'off' and isn't using it- it'd be taking up bandwidth for no reason at all. And we all know that cellular bandwidth is in short supply. -- Eric Murray Chief Security Scientist N*Able Technologies www.nabletech.com (email: ericm at lne.com or nabletech.com) PGP keyid:E03F65E5