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How do I disable the GPS
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How do I disable the GPS in my VX 8300.
I dont like broadcasting my location to some database every 2
minutes....or how can I effectively jam the signal. I am retired and at
most go to my American Legion meetings or things like that but I hate
knowing some government entity has a need to know my daily activities
..... I know phones have this built in......I want to disable it.
Permanently. I have no dishonorable intent.....I have an intense
distrust ....
Thank you in advance
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RLan
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| Cliff Hartle 2006-12-08, 10:33 pm |
| I think the default setting is to only send GPS info only during a 911 call.
There may be a law stating that all new phones must have GPS on during a 911
call.
Even without GPS they can track you by seeing what towers you connect to and
when.
So keep your phone off if you don't want to be tracked or wrap your phone in
tin foil, it will definitely jam the signal, but you won't get any calls
"RLan" <RLan.2iivs1@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> wrote in message
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> How do I disable the GPS in my VX 8300.
>
> I dont like broadcasting my location to some database every 2
> minutes....or how can I effectively jam the signal. I am retired and at
> most go to my American Legion meetings or things like that but I hate
> knowing some government entity has a need to know my daily activities
> .... I know phones have this built in......I want to disable it.
> Permanently. I have no dishonorable intent.....I have an intense
> distrust ....
>
> Thank you in advance
>
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> --
> RLan
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| birder 2006-12-09, 12:33 pm |
| Cliff Hartle wrote:
> I think the default setting is to only send GPS info only during a 911 call.
> There may be a law stating that all new phones must have GPS on during a 911
> call.
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> Even without GPS they can track you by seeing what towers you connect to and
> when.
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> So keep your phone off if you don't want to be tracked or wrap your phone in
> tin foil, it will definitely jam the signal, but you won't get any calls
>
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> "RLan" <RLan.2iivs1@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> wrote in message
> news:RLan.2iivs1@nospam.cellphoneforums.net...
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Are we paranoid or what...By the way, Verizon etc can turn your phone on
at anytime and get your signal ... can be done under Federal requirement
of DOJ.
Sleep tight .. the Patriot Act has you protected....
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| Ness net 2006-12-09, 12:33 pm |
| If a phone is powered off, Verizon cannot "turn your phone on".
It's physically powered OFF.
Called a power button son...
"birder" <birder@outdoorbird.com> wrote in message news:fEBeh.12$pc2.8@newsfe02.lga...
> Are we paranoid or what...By the way, Verizon etc can turn your phone on at anytime and get your signal ... can be
> done under Federal requirement of DOJ.
> Sleep tight .. the Patriot Act has you protected....
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| George 2006-12-09, 12:33 pm |
| Ness net wrote:
> If a phone is powered off, Verizon cannot "turn your phone on".
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> It's physically powered OFF.
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> Called a power button son...
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> "birder" <birder@outdoorbird.com> wrote in message news:fEBeh.12$pc2.8@newsfe02.lga...
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But its not really a power button in the sense that it physically
disconnects the power. Its really a "soft" button. The only true way to
totally turn off a phone would be to remove the battery pack.
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| trippy 2006-12-09, 12:33 pm |
| In article <2didnbpkFulCa-fYnZ2dnUVZ_u-unZ2d@giganews.com>, Ness net
took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
> If a phone is powered off, Verizon cannot "turn your phone on".
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> It's physically powered OFF.
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> Called a power button son...
They can activate the mic on your phone whether your power is on or off.
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trippy
mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30
sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM
NP: "Heart And Soul" -- T'Pau
"Now, technology's getting better all the time and that's fine,
but most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocketknife,
and a smile."
-- Robert Redford "Spy Game"
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| Notan 2006-12-09, 12:33 pm |
| trippy wrote:
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> In article <2didnbpkFulCa-fYnZ2dnUVZ_u-unZ2d@giganews.com>, Ness net
> took the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
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> They can activate the mic on your phone whether your power is on or off.
Aluminum foil, Trippy.
It's your only true protection.
Notan
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Ness net wrote:[color=darkred
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> If a phone is powered off, Verizon cannot "turn your phone on".
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> It's physically powered OFF.
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> Called a power button son...
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> "birder" <birder@outdoorbird.com> wrote in message news:fEBeh.12$pc2.8@newsfe02.lga...
As someone else said, it is a softkey. The really shocking thing is
that they have a mode that will turn on the microphone of the phone and
it becomes a bug!
http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html
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| Ness net 2006-12-09, 12:33 pm |
| Absolutely false - and impossible.
Yes, there has been some press on this, but to eavesdrop via call
phone takes a special phone, or specific firmware to do it.
I suggest you actually read the articles on this.
"trippy" < silverbells@tacoshel
ls.com> wrote in message news:MPG. 1fe4b847d021fca9897d
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> They can activate the mic on your phone whether your power is on or off.
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| Ness net 2006-12-09, 12:33 pm |
| I may need to retract that previous statement.
When this news broke, the articles I read were
specific about certain Nokia models and the
possibility of firmware on others.
The stuff I just read seems to show differently.
Now, this it the press after all, so how much is actual
fact is debatable, but I'll retract my previous statement
anyway, considering...
"Ness net" <richard@nodamnspam.nessnet.com> wrote in message news:t5qdncoJHbxSY- fYnZ2dnUVZ_smonZ2d@g
iganews.com...
> Absolutely false - and impossible.
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> Yes, there has been some press on this, but to eavesdrop via call
> phone takes a special phone, or specific firmware to do it.
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> I suggest you actually read the articles on this.
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> "trippy" < silverbells@tacoshel
ls.com> wrote in message news:MPG. 1fe4b847d021fca9897d
8@news.alt.net...
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| Ness net wrote:
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> I may need to retract that previous statement.
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> When this news broke, the articles I read were
> specific about certain Nokia models and the
> possibility of firmware on others.
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> The stuff I just read seems to show differently.
> Now, this it the press after all, so how much is actual
> fact is debatable, but I'll retract my previous statement
> anyway, considering...
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> <snip>
Until i see definitive documentation (i.e., something *other*
than a press report), the batteries stay in.
Notan
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| George 2006-12-09, 3:33 pm |
| Ness net wrote:[color=darkred
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> Absolutely false - and impossible.
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> Yes, there has been some press on this, but to eavesdrop via call
> phone takes a special phone, or specific firmware to do it.
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> I suggest you actually read the articles on this.
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> "trippy" < silverbells@tacoshel
ls.com> wrote in message news:MPG. 1fe4b847d021fca9897d
8@news.alt.net...
It seems like you are unfamiliar with the rules of logic. You can never
prove that something can't happen or doesn't exist.
A phone is a computerized device and the "power button" does not
physically turn off the power. It is most definitely possible to program
a device to do something without turning the UI on or displaying the
activity on the UI thus something can be donn without the knowledge of
the user.
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| Jeb Hoge 2006-12-09, 3:33 pm |
| Eric wrote:
> As someone else said, it is a softkey. The really shocking thing is
> that they have a mode that will turn on the microphone of the phone and
> it becomes a bug!
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> http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html
Cool. If someone ever nicks my phone, I'm getting Verizon to locate it
electronically, activate it, and try to get some convicting evidence,
or at least drain the power so that it's useless.
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| Todd Allcock 2006-12-09, 3:33 pm |
| At 09 Dec 2006 13:02:26 -0500 George wrote:
> But its not really a power button in the sense that it physically
disconnects the power. Its really a "soft" button. The only true way to
totally turn off a phone would be to remove the battery pack.
>
....and what makes you think Verizon can't just send power to the phone
over the cell network and turn it on without a battery? ;-)
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| Cliff Hartle 2006-12-09, 10:33 pm |
| > Aluminum foil, Trippy.
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> It's your only true protection.
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> Notan
It also been proven to keep the alien and/or government radio signals from
controlling your brain.
http://people.csail.mit.edu/rahimi/helmet/
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| George 2006-12-10, 7:33 am |
| Todd Allcock wrote:
> At 09 Dec 2006 13:02:26 -0500 George wrote:
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> disconnects the power. Its really a "soft" button. The only true way to
> totally turn off a phone would be to remove the battery pack.
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> ...and what makes you think Verizon can't just send power to the phone
> over the cell network and turn it on without a battery? ;-)
>
>
Didn't AlGore invent that?
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| Charlie 2006-12-10, 10:33 am |
| Jeb Hoge wrote:
> Eric wrote:
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> Cool. If someone ever nicks my phone, I'm getting Verizon to locate it
> electronically, activate it, and try to get some convicting evidence,
> or at least drain the power so that it's useless.
>
Google 'mafia + cell + phone + justice + court' & read.
If anyone thinks this stuff is benign & simply a source of amusement,
they know nothing about history.
Charlie
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| trippy 2006-12-10, 3:33 pm |
| In article <457B04C3.B0B2455B@ddress.thatcanbespammed>, Notan took the
hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
> Ness net wrote:
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> Until i see definitive documentation (i.e., something *other*
> than a press report), the batteries stay in.
>
> Notan
>
http://news.com.com/ FBI+taps+cell+... />
+tool/2100-
1029_3-6140191.html
--
trippy
mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30
sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM
NP: "Heart And Soul" -- T'Pau
"Now, technology's getting better all the time and that's fine,
but most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocketknife,
and a smile."
-- Robert Redford "Spy Game"
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| trippy 2006-12-10, 3:33 pm |
| In article < edWdnROGtOLblubYnZ2d
nUVZ_q2pnZ2d@adelphi
a.com>, George took
the hamburger meat, threw it on the grill, and I said "Oh Wow"...
> Ness net wrote:
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> It seems like you are unfamiliar with the rules of logic. You can never
> prove that something can't happen or doesn't exist.
>
> A phone is a computerized device and the "power button" does not
> physically turn off the power. It is most definitely possible to program
> a device to do something without turning the UI on or displaying the
> activity on the UI thus something can be donn without the knowledge of
> the user.
>
http://news.com.com/ FBI+taps+cell+... />
+tool/2100-
1029_3-6140191.html
--
trippy
mhm31x9 Smeeter#29 WSD#30
sTaRShInE_mOOnBeAm aT HoTmAil dOt CoM
NP: "Heart And Soul" -- T'Pau
"Now, technology's getting better all the time and that's fine,
but most of the time all you need is a stick of gum, a pocketknife,
and a smile."
-- Robert Redford "Spy Game"
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| Evan Platt 2006-12-11, 3:33 pm |
| On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:46:25 -0600, RLan
<RLan.2iivs1@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> wrote:
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>How do I disable the GPS in my VX 8300.
>
>I dont like broadcasting my location to some database every 2
>minutes....or how can I effectively jam the signal. I am retired and at
>most go to my American Legion meetings or things like that but I hate
>knowing some government entity has a need to know my daily activities
>..... I know phones have this built in......I want to disable it.
>Permanently. I have no dishonorable intent.....I have an intense
>distrust ....
>
>Thank you in advance
Line your American Legion cap with tin foil. That will fix it.
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| Evan Platt <evan@theobvious.espphotography.com> wrote in
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> On Fri, 8 Dec 2006 17:46:25 -0600, RLan
> <RLan.2iivs1@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> wrote:
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> Line your American Legion cap with tin foil. That will fix it.
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Ouch.
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| Liberals HATE America !! 2006-12-15, 10:33 pm |
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"RLan" <RLan.2iivs1@nospam.cellphoneforums.net> wrote in message
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> How do I disable the GPS in my VX 8300.
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> I dont like broadcasting my location to some database every 2
> minutes....or how can I effectively jam the signal. I am retired and at
> most go to my American Legion meetings or things like that but I hate
> knowing some government entity has a need to know my daily activities
Cuckoo!! Cuckoo!!
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