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On 23/09/2020 20.36, Peter Flass wrote:
> Carlos E.R. <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:
>> On 23/09/2020 18.31, JimP wrote:
>>> On 23 Sep 2020 10:58:15 GMT, maus <maus@dmaus.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Good old days. I think that the best time was the arrival of the Amiga.
>>>> I remember buying a modem, a  USRobotics one, with a large manual about
>>>> the Hayes command set, including how to turn on a handset phone
>>>> remotely. Fun.
>>>>
>>>> Recently, I read that there is a suspicion that some tracing apps will
>>>> allow that as well.
>>>
>>> iPhone can be turned on by Apple and the US government. The user wont
>>> notice. That is from several IT documents I read years ago.
>>>
>>> Supposedly other cell phones aren't that vulnerable.
>>
>> I don't see how a phone may be turned on remotely unless it leaves a
>> receiver on with some logic support to detect the right signal. And that
>> uses battery, of course. Maybe if the radio turns on intermittently to
>> listen for a few seconds and then goes to sleep for some minutes.
>>
> 
> I remember when “wake on LAN” was a thing for PCs that did this.

For this to work the network card remains powered and listening to the 
right packet on the cable. And then it needs a line to the power supply 
to bring it up.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.

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Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-23 10:58 +0000
  Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 11:31 -0500
    Re: Old days Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-23 17:46 +0100
      Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 13:22 -0400
    Re: Old days Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-23 17:55 +0000
      Re: Old days Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2020-09-23 20:08 +0000
        Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 16:14 -0500
        Re: Old days Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-23 15:34 -0700
          Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 19:15 -0400
          Re: Old days Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-24 18:40 +0000
            Re: Old days Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-24 19:42 +0000
              Re: Old days Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-24 16:42 -0500
                Re: Old days Niklas Karlsson <anksil@yahoo.se> - 2020-09-25 07:59 +0000
                Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-25 10:12 +0000
                Re: Old days Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-25 13:54 +0000
                Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-25 15:53 -0400
            Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-24 16:07 -0500
            Re: Old days Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2020-09-24 15:48 -0700
              Re: Old days Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-24 23:18 +0000
            Re: Old days Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2020-09-25 00:53 +0100
    Re: Old days "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-23 19:52 +0200
      Re: Old days Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-23 11:36 -0700
        Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-23 12:46 -0600
          Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 19:10 -0400
          Re: Old days Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-09-24 08:39 +0100
            Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-24 08:58 -0600
        Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-23 19:19 +0000
        Re: Old days "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> - 2020-09-23 23:11 +0200
        Re: Old days J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2020-09-23 19:09 -0400
          Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-24 08:10 +0000
            Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-24 09:02 -0600
              Re: Old days Andy Burns <usenet@andyburns.uk> - 2020-09-24 16:31 +0100
              Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-24 17:06 +0000
                Re: Old days Grant Taylor <gtaylor@tnetconsulting.net> - 2020-09-24 16:27 -0600
              Re: Old days Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-24 16:36 -0500
            Re: Old days JimP <chucktheouch@gmail.com> - 2020-09-24 10:37 -0500
              Re: Old days maus <maus@dmaus.org> - 2020-09-24 17:09 +0000
          Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-24 13:39 +0000
            Re: Old days Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-24 14:34 +0000
              Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-24 15:30 +0000
                Re: Old days Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-24 16:42 +0000
            Re: Old days Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-24 11:21 -0700
              Re: Old days scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2020-09-24 18:52 +0000
  Re: Old days Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2020-09-23 16:39 -0500

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