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Old 07-02-2007, 09:45 AM   #1
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i have a company BB 7100. they can now track my movements. how does this work? any help would be appreciated.
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Old 07-02-2007, 10:07 AM   #2
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They can? How do they do that?
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Old 07-02-2007, 10:14 AM   #3
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normaly you can track any mobile phone.
I can for example log into my provider and look in a map where my mobile is located (is not necessary to be a BB, works with every mobile).
The provider can see the exacte psotion because you a locked into a special mobile cell and therefore the know where you are.
Normaly, you must agree to this otherwise its not allowed (in Germany, maybe in other countries it is allowed).
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I thought tracking by cell towers only gave a general location based off of what tower(s) you were hitting?
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i did too...
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i did too...

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True. Check out Navizon for example, embedded in mgmaps.

Mobile GMaps - Google Maps, Yahoo! Maps and Windows Live Local on your mobile phone

Without GPS, it tells me my location within a mile or so using the included Navizon technology. I don't think it's interpolating. My guess is it's figuring out what tower it's closest to, and looking up the tower location in an online database. I just made that up. Navizon can also locate you on the basis of your wifi connection, if you're connecting through a wifi device that's in their database. This is a really nifty application by the way, and it includes GPS functionality and has some neat peer-to-peer location concepts, but it sometimes crashes my 8700.

Navizon - Peer-to-Peer Wireless Positioning

A Navizon thread is already underway.
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Turn off Location Based Services?
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