FBI can track phones in the USA
I came across this over at shashphone.com
What cellphone manufacturers are reluctant to include in-among all the blurb about Bluetooth and high-speed data connectivity is that apparently every recent phone sold in the US has a built-in tracking device that, once activated remotely, can be set to keep the microphone powered on even when the phone itself is switched off.
The FBI used the technology in collecting evidence for the recent Genovese crime family trial, and it should be made clear that they can only do so with the relevant court order. Saying that, just how difficult is it to get a court order in our age of super-terror? The only way to circumnavigate the tracker is removing the battery, which then makes the phone rather useless. In fact, you’d be better off carrying a small child’s shoe, which could at least be used for storing your keys.
It makes me wonder if this is available in the US are Mobile Phone Manufactures doing this on phones available in Europe or on phones in Ireland, it’s the first I have read about it but I remember a case last year of how the Garda where able to find a young boys body by tracking his mobile phone. If it’s put this type of use I’m 100% behind this technology.
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January 2, 2007 | News
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