gulp. You can't be me, I'm taken
What is true, is that operators have the ability to selectively shut down access to whole ranges of subscribers. So in the event of a catastrophe, only certain mobiles (emergency services, government etc) will be allowed access. You can't be me, I'm taken
(If that turns on you dont get a ringtone, last thing you want is to make your victim suspicious of their phone, just the battery willl run down unusually quickly) Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
/paranoid
</tinfoil hat> Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
The surveillance technique came to light in an opinion published this week by U.S. District Judge Lewis Kaplan. He ruled that the "roving bug" was legal because federal wiretapping law is broad enough to permit eavesdropping even of conversations that take place near a suspect's cell phone. Kaplan's opinion said that the eavesdropping technique "functioned whether the phone was powered on or off." Some handsets can't be fully powered down without removing the battery; for instance, some Nokia models will wake up when turned off if an alarm is set.
Kaplan's opinion said that the eavesdropping technique "functioned whether the phone was powered on or off." Some handsets can't be fully powered down without removing the battery; for instance, some Nokia models will wake up when turned off if an alarm is set.
Linkage from 18 months ago Any idiot can face a crisis - it's day to day living that wears you out.
Install a listening circuit powered by a trickle charge from the battery or a capacitor. When it gets the 'go' signal a burst of power through the On/Off circuit. The power-on jingle, display, keypad lights, etc., would have to be inhibited, no big deal; in fact, done with a wee bit of thought it would only require one transistor to inhibit all those features.
Of course it's a Bet-the-Company move. If the news ever leaked that such a thing was done customers would run away.
