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MADem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Nov-23-07 12:39 PM
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27. Well,the answer is what is in post 15--the gubmint is NOT subsidizing
GPS, they're just using a simpler, cheaper device.

The reason isn't NEFARIOUS--it's for 911.
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  -I Just Grew A New Tin-Foil-Hat ThomWV  Nov-23-07 09:28 AM   #0 
  - TURN your phone off -- entirely -- if you don't want to be traced nt  MADem   Nov-23-07 09:32 AM   #1 
  - You have to take the battery out  proud2Blib   Nov-23-07 09:37 AM   #5 
  - You have to smash it with a hammer  bamalib   Nov-23-07 10:39 AM   #19 
     - That's bull--if it were true, they'd know where all these missing folks are. NT  MADem   Nov-23-07 12:33 PM   #26 
        - Give me a clue to whom you are referring as missing. Maybe they (gov't)  snappyturtle   Nov-23-07 07:37 PM   #32 
        - Well, NATALEE had a cellphone. They knew she was missing before her  MADem   Nov-23-07 08:27 PM   #36 
        - Cell Phone GPS Finds Transplant Patient  Fool_Me_Once   Nov-23-07 08:37 PM   #37 
           - Why didn't they use it for all those missing people, then? nt  MADem   Nov-24-07 03:37 AM   #38 
  - I bet the firmware  EvilAL   Nov-23-07 09:39 AM   #6 
  - no. just take the phone someplace and leave it there  leftofthedial   Nov-23-07 12:11 PM   #24 
  - I have a really fancy one  seemslikeadream   Nov-23-07 09:34 AM   #2 
  - I wish I had some encouragement, but pls. read this from this a.m.:  babylonsister   Nov-23-07 09:35 AM   #3 
  - GMTA!  hootinholler   Nov-23-07 11:10 AM   #21 
  - You can change to a new phone online  proud2Blib   Nov-23-07 09:36 AM   #4 
  - They didn't say it was impossible, they said it was illegal  ThomWV   Nov-23-07 09:41 AM   #8 
     - Try using your cell phones touchscreen GPS for navigation.  ileus   Nov-23-07 10:14 AM   #15 
     - Well, there have been fifteen replies at this point and nobody has  snappyturtle   Nov-23-07 10:19 AM   #16 
        - Well,the answer is what is in post 15--the gubmint is NOT subsidizing  MADem   Nov-23-07 12:39 PM   #27 
           - You made one of my points....exactly what I thought people would  snappyturtle   Nov-23-07 07:20 PM   #29 
              - Here's the way to avoid the problem--two ways, actually.  MADem   Nov-23-07 07:27 PM   #31 
  - That would be an incredibly poor way  NeedleCast   Nov-23-07 09:39 AM   #7 
  - What model phone do you have?  ThomWV   Nov-23-07 09:42 AM   #9 
  - I don't really care if it does  NeedleCast   Nov-23-07 09:44 AM   #11 
     - "incredibly inefficient way "  conscious evolution   Nov-23-07 12:07 PM   #23 
  - The GPS works even if the phone is off  proud2Blib   Nov-23-07 09:55 AM   #12 
  - Well, I suspect that most people DO keep their cell phones with them.  Peace Patriot   Nov-23-07 07:22 PM   #30 
  - Think of it as a market for techs who can disable GPS.  sfexpat2000   Nov-23-07 09:42 AM   #10 
  - Normal GPS units have a readout and loads of software...your cell doesn't  ileus   Nov-23-07 10:09 AM   #13 
  - Look at your itemized phone bill, land line or cell. I think you'll find in the  1monster   Nov-23-07 10:12 AM   #14 
  - Good points  ThomWV   Nov-23-07 11:25 AM   #22 
  - and cars have a gizmo that lets them track you where ever you go  donsu   Nov-23-07 10:22 AM   #17 
  - Not mine, yet. It's a 1990 Astro and I'm going to drive it until it cannot be  1monster   Nov-23-07 12:26 PM   #25 
  - Don't forget the "speaker phone"  lvx35   Nov-23-07 10:31 AM   #18 
  - This should fit you...  lame54   Nov-23-07 10:39 AM   #20 
  - I found this out when I got a used cell phone  blues90   Nov-23-07 01:30 PM   #28 
  - Hey, you experienced  zidzi   Nov-23-07 07:40 PM   #33 
  - You don't need a tinfoil hat -- just a tinfoil cell phone case  htuttle   Nov-23-07 07:42 PM   #34 
  - How can one find out if there is a GSP chip in their phone?  Pastiche423   Nov-23-07 07:57 PM   #35 
 

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