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Re:What Your Cell Phone Can't Tell the Police by 13throwaway on Saturday June 28, 2014 @11:33AM (#7958432)
I'm really interested in a less-trackable cell phone, but until I read this article, It didn't seem possible. I am really hoping a fully open source phone comes to the market soon. It wouldn't have this ping "feature", it could connect to the second or third closest tower, and it could completely shut off cell when on wifi.
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Re:What Your Cell Phone Can't Tell the Police by gaius on Saturday June 28, 2014 @02:27PM (#7958869)
Open source doesn't help, if you are using the hardware that has been certified to connect to the public network. It could have anything in it. You would need to start literally at the fab.
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