Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin bank robbery

Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by tomatotomato37 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:10PM (#20824568)

The entire premise of this is flawed; instead of trying to come up with a way to make the tracking device you're carrying stop tracking, maybe you should just not carry the tracking device in the first place. Leaving your phone at home when go and rob a bank is like Criminal 101.

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by cypherpunks01 on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:26PM (#20824691)

And how exactly are you supposed to Uber to the bank and back without a phone??

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by davinic on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:59PM (#20824941)

I'm surprised I had to come this far to find the reasonable answer. Opsec 101.

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by cryptonector on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @07:26PM (#20825108)

It's not the only reasonable answer. Leaving your phone powered on and at home works too. Powering it off might stick out, actually.

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by davinic on Thursday August 29, 2019 @11:17AM (#20830251)

The comment I replied to said nothing about turning your phone off, only leaving it at home.

> you should just not carry the tracking device in the first place

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by bitL on Friday August 30, 2019 @02:27PM (#20841158)

Baseband processor might be running even on a phone that is seemingly turned off. That's why crime bosses discussing breaking bad always removed their batteries. That might also not work 100% if there were large capacitors inside the phone...

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Re:Feds ordered Google location dragnet to solve Wisconsin b... by samsonradu on Wednesday August 28, 2019 @06:21PM (#20824660)

You might need Maps to avoid traffic on your way out.

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