Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: jimp@specsol.spam.sux.com Newsgroups: comp.lang.php,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.c++ Subject: Re: How stupid ARE people? Followup-To: alt.morons Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 16:48:32 -0000 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 50 Message-ID: <08o598-rt6.ln1@mail.specsol.com> References: <51mu88-fo9.ln1@mail.specsol.com> <55edb67b-0969-492f-8c8e-da0c8b5443db@k25g2000yqf.googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: 5FQzpG9PgxCHgWX2ynv4yg.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (SunOS/5.10 (i86pc)) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.lang.php:1394 comp.lang.java.programmer:3472 comp.lang.c++:4626 In comp.lang.php Joe Snodgrass wrote: > On Apr 30, 8:27 pm, j...@specsol.spam.sux.com wrote: >> In comp.lang.phpJoeSnodgrass wrote: >> >> >> >> >> >> > After all the scary news about smart phones broadcasting people's >> > locations, I can't believe that >> >> > 1) Some genius doesn't build a smart phone with no location tracking >> > and corner the market on people who want no part of it.  There's money >> > to be made, genius! >> >> > 2) Manufacturers don't put a control (preferably a hardware switch) on >> > the annoying things to *reliably* leave the feature turned off. >> >> > 3) Customers don't raise a ruckus and demand that the feature be put >> > under their control, or else. >> >> > Americans are heroin addicts, who will suck up anything, as long as >> > they get their shot every half hour. >> >> The FCC has required that all cell phone companies be able to trace >> cell phone calls to a location since 2005. >> >> You can thank 9/11 for that rule. >> >> Only whether or not the user can access the tracking data is optional. >> >> The only money to be made with a phone with no location tracking is in >> the fines and penalties you will get for selling it. > > Then the only alternative is to try disconnect the GPS chip. I > suppose that it's too much to ask for the chip to have little legs, so > you can just cut it off the circuit by snipping the power pin. I > wonder if the OS is robust enough to tolerate a loss of that signal or > if you'd get the cellphone equivalent of a BSOD. Not all phones use GPS, so that is not an alternative. The only real alternative is to not carry a cellphone if you are that paranoid or involved in questionable activities. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply.