On Friday 14 February 2020 16:29:10 Stefan Monnier wrote: > > The OP might be better off buying old stuff from ebay. > > Indeed, tho craigslist seems ethically superior. > > I suspect that "we"'ve built enough gadgets over the last 20 years > that there really shouldn't be any need for me to buy some new > electronic device for the rest my lifetime ;-) > > > Surely any cellphone can/must be tracked if you're able to receive > > calls, otherwise they wouldn't know from which tower to transmit to > > you. > > Indeed, it seems that old dumb phones are just as problematic in this > respect. > > Tho, there is the problem of convincing oneself that the > "smartphone"'s cell connection is really disabled (and can't be > surreptitiously re-enabled). I think it was easier with the old dumb > phones since you only had to convince yourself that it was completely > off.
I've had this trackfone turn itself on in the night 3 or 4 times and run the battery flatter than a pancake. So I now keep only the wifes phone on the charger near the wifes recliner in the other end of the house, she can't even get close enough to reach it should some scammer call it, about 3" from the pure excrement speakers in her tv she never shuts off. They could learn a lot from the program length commercials she uses for a lullaby. Shes actually at the short end of dying from copd, and still smoking about 2 packs a day. An oxygen hose leads to her chair and has for around 4 years now, wore out 2 of them already. > > What I don't know is whether they bother (from a technical > > standpoint rather than espionage) to track a SIM-less phone. Making > > contact in > > Same question for a phone with an old SIM card. > Same question for a phone in "airplane mode". > > > Stefan Good question for a survey. Off topic of course. As is my testimony above, the legal types would call it heresay. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) If we desire respect for the law, we must first make the law respectable. - Louis D. Brandeis Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
