A way to track people with cellphones with GPS capabilities turned off

Re:A way to track people with cellphones with GPS capabiliti... by sofaofthedamned on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:38AM (#17539217)

So it's nothing to do with GPS then? So why is this in the title?

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Re:A way to track people with cellphones with GPS capabiliti... by jessaustin on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:52AM (#17539268)

Perhaps the author thinks "GPS" refers to the general problem of tracking location, rather than a specific system that solves that problem?

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Re:A way to track people with cellphones with GPS capabiliti... by mirimir on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:22AM (#17539379)

Yes, the title is wrong.

Maybe "How smartphones can track you, even when you turn GPS off"?

But also, these researchers apparently didn't have access to cell-tower location data. Or at least, it's not mentioned in the article.

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Re:A way to track people with cellphones with GPS capabiliti... by nottorp on Monday July 16, 2018 @03:56AM (#17539506)

Doubt the author - and most laypeople - understand how GPS works.

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Re:A way to track people with cellphones with GPS capabiliti... by n4r9 on Monday July 16, 2018 @02:50AM (#17539257)

Agreed, the title is very misleading.

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