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Sprint co-operation?
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| Not wishing to spread false rumors, there seems to be a bit of news floating
around, at least in SW Florida where a car with a small child in it was
hijacked. The owner called Sprint (his cell phone w/GPS was said to be on
the front seat). It is alleged that SPRINT required the owner to fill out
papers first and pay a fee before using the GPS feature to find the car.
Any truth to this?
The techy question: Can a cell phone, let's say with GPS built in, be
turned on remotely? Its GPS feature be remotely utilized?
Wayne
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| Sure, Bell Mobility offers a service called Seek and Find which uses the GPS
features to locate the cell phone remotely and display the location on a
map.
Guaranteed, Sprint would have made him fill out the proper paperwork if the
customer wanted the location, it called "covering their XXX in case of
lawsuit".
The phone however, couldn't be turned on remotely, otherwise it wouldn't
have been truly turned off in the first place.
"Wayne" <wgd.roaming@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:i7Nxf.21041$ya4.6620@trnddc03...
> Not wishing to spread false rumors, there seems to be a bit of news
> floating around, at least in SW Florida where a car with a small child in
> it was hijacked. The owner called Sprint (his cell phone w/GPS was said
> to be on the front seat). It is alleged that SPRINT required the owner to
> fill out papers first and pay a fee before using the GPS feature to find
> the car.
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> Any truth to this?
>
> The techy question: Can a cell phone, let's say with GPS built in, be
> turned on remotely? Its GPS feature be remotely utilized?
>
> Wayne
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| Loreal 2006-01-14, 5:48 pm |
| I have two articles, the first the actual story about the child having gone
missing and the SprintPCS Customer Service Rep's refusal to assist the law
enforcement officials in their search for the vehicle. And the second is
simply a follow up. Email me offlist at Llavigna2@aol.com and I'll send you
the forwarded message with both articles.
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Sincerely,
Loreal Lavigna
Avon Independent Sales/E-Representative
(518)330-5188
Llavigna2@aol.com
www.youravon.com/llavigna
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| The Sprint rep knows that they are not allowed to do that, I'm sure. I have
had police officers, with warrants, requesting customer information. I
cannot give private information out to anyone, even police. I work for
Bell, and I'm pretty sure Sprint would be similar, the law enforcement
officials must talk to corporate security to get the information needed, not
a rep.
I don't know the particulars in the situation and I don't care to. The fact
of the matter is that there are too many ambulance chasers looking to sue
companies for any given reason so companies, and their employees, are forced
to protect themselves even if it goes against "common sense"
GM
"Loreal" <Llavigna2@AOL.com> wrote in message
news:TL5yf.64051$XJ5.50307@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
>I have two articles, the first the actual story about the child having gone
>missing and the SprintPCS Customer Service Rep's refusal to assist the law
>enforcement officials in their search for the vehicle. And the second is
>simply a follow up. Email me offlist at Llavigna2@aol.com and I'll send you
>the forwarded message with both articles.
>
> --
> Sincerely,
> Loreal Lavigna
> Avon Independent Sales/E-Representative
> (518)330-5188
> Llavigna2@aol.com
> www.youravon.com/llavigna
>
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| Bud Stein 2006-01-14, 5:48 pm |
| >> "Loreal" <Llavigna2@AOL.com> wrote in message
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G M wrote:
> The Sprint rep knows that they are not allowed to do that, I'm sure. I have
> had police officers, with warrants, requesting customer information. I
> cannot give private information out to anyone, even police . . . the law
> enforcement officials must talk to corporate security to get the information
> needed, not a rep.
GM,
Agreed. There are certain avenues law enforcement must go through
before Sprint will release the information to the officers. The
same laws which protect us have all types of implications.
Bud Stein
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