[LINK] mobile tracking

[jore]

On 13/11/2013 8:01 PM, Jim Birch wrote:
> If a phone can wake itself up it isn't really off.  Something is ticking
> over.  It may have some components shutdown.
>
> If the phone has been hacked it would be possible to get it to wake up
> without visible sign.  However, I doubt that the makers would dare risking
> this themselves.  People might get rather upset to find that their phone is
> phoning home when they thought they have switched it off.  If phone was
> trying to communicate when supposedly off someone would notice.
>
> Removing an iPhone battery requires a screwdriver to open the case.  You
> need to ignore the "Authorised Service Provider Only" message.
>
> Most other phones allow users to remove or swap the battery.
>
>
> -Jim


Yeah, this whole thing is dodgy, and Apple phones are the dodgiest.

Anyone remember the "Apple phone home" thing of 2010 which is hardly
surprising?[1]

Use a phone, regardless of whether it's on or off (there's not much
difference to the spooks) and you're tracked, or *at the very least*
trackable.

[1]
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/apple/7845853/iOS4-Apple-to-start-collecting-user-location-data.html