[dave at farber.net: [IP] Request: Check your cell phone to see if it's always transmitting your location [priv]]

[R.A. Hettinga]

At 9:43 PM -0400 9/28/05, sunder wrote:
>Gee, I wonder why anyone would design a cell phone or pager to be able
>to stay on after its battery is pulled out.

To protect whatever's in the then-volatile memory?

cf Pournelle on conspiracy and stupidity...

>Are we just too paranoid?

See below.

Cheers,
RAH

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