Actually, depending on your App, this would seem to be th very OPPOSITE of a moot point. -TD
From: Gregory Hicks <ghicks@cadence.com> Reply-To: Gregory Hicks <ghicks@cadence.com> To: rah@shipwright.com, cypherpunks@jfet.org, camera_lumina@hotmail.com Subject: Re: [dave@farber.net: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv]] Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:11:10 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Tyler Durden" <camera_lumina@hotmail.com> To: rah@shipwright.com, cypherpunks@jfet.org Subject: Re: [dave@farber.net: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv]] Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 12:56:33 -0400
Are you sure?
No, but the phone now SAYS that location info is OFF except to E911...
Whether or not it actually IS turned off is a moot point. How to check?
Regards, Gregory Hicks
-TD
From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah@shipwright.com> To: cypherpunks@jfet.org Subject: Re: [dave@farber.net: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv]] Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 10:05:31 -0400
At 2:59 PM +0200 9/22/05, Eugen Leitl wrote:
For my Treo phone, I found the location option under "Phone Preferences" in the Options menu of the main phone screen.
Bada-bing!
Fixed *that*.
Cheers, RAH
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