Not sure I like this My phone told me where i live
I have purposely kept all my info off the phone. I just want to make calls and take picture.
When I turned my phone on there was a google map icon. When I clicked the image, there appeared a google map to my house and the google map was asking me what the road to my house was called. Well, it was my driveway, which is long, and has no name.
Kind of scary.
When I turned my phone on there was a google map icon. When I clicked the image, there appeared a google map to my house and the google map was asking me what the road to my house was called. Well, it was my driveway, which is long, and has no name.
Kind of scary.
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I got an e-mail from Subaru the other day telling me one of the tires on my car was low, but they apparently couldn't tell me which one. 0 -
Google??
now about 34 million telemarketers know all about you too.
Welcome to the world of 874 -xxxx phone calls coming in everyday.
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And you thought you absolutely positively needed a smart phone because...? 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
And you thought you absolutely positively needed a smart phone because...?
Friends laugh at my old flip phone, till they realize when I close the cover, no one can track me or get info off it.
They think it's cute that their wives/girlfriends can tell where they are at all times. {Just like anybody else can too [B)]]0 -
Pictures are geo-tagged automatically
Your exact GPS location is noted everytime you make a call or take a picture...
Anytime you access the internet or use Wi-Fi or even with the phone not in active use it pings cell towers
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quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
And you thought you absolutely positively needed a smart phone because...?
The flip phone I was using was discontinued. When the battery would go bad, which it did a lot, I would buy another one for $15 and change out the battery. I do see now they have flip phone for sale again.
The smart phone cost $50 on Black Friday at Wally World.0 -
real men use flip phones. 
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The internet knows more about you,than you know about yourself,,, 0 -
I needed to swap my Android phone for an IPhone 6 to download an app that turns the phone into a remote that controls my hearing aids. (Guess I would sound like a third grader if it wasn't for the hearing aids.) 0 -
All phones have a GPS. The phone always knows where it is, and always pings local cell towers.
Get used to it.0 -
go into settings and turn off your GPS... 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Alpine
All phones have a GPS. The phone always knows where it is, and always pings local cell towers.
Get used to it.
Most flip phones must have an optional software installed to track it.0 -
About 3 years ago when target decided to stop carrying a full line of cell phone brands or offering their own network plans they discontinued almost everything...
At the time I bought 4 LG flip phones - all blue / black for less then $10.00 apeace on closeout
Calls and texts and camera but no internet or online capability
They went to my godsons in Virginia as their first phones - very functional but not able to allow any online trouble that kids get into
Money well spent IMHO
CRICKET offers a flip phone...
Funny when my sister had their lines added to the family plan the company offered entry level 4g smart phones for free - and were perplexed she turned them down
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I can be tracked all over the world and frankly,it's just not worth trying to hide the info.
Google / Android has me "located" and the info stored.
However, google still thinks I'm in South America because that IP address / wireless modem is in use and this
erroneous location info. shows up on my browser right now but I'm in the U.S.
Google isn't a person it's a computer but a person with an interest can start getting some serious data using googles computers and "reconcile" the info.
Cell Phone companies are selling location info to "Bounty Hunters".
https://9to5mac.com/2019/02/07/wireless-carriers-selling-location-data/
This does NOT surprise me, even 20 years ago I knew it was common.
In the late 70's I did find out that the finance companies would pay private companies (in Canada) hundreds of dollars, cash
to a "go between" to find out where individuals who "skipped" on their loans were presently located.
The ONLY way this information was available and accurate was someone had access to the individuals
tax returns or other government documents.
Always was big dollars in data and there is now, just smaller dollars per person on Billions of folks.0 -
You think your phone is the only thing tracking you? You'll be surprised what info comes up from today's "modern conveniences."
I just sat through training on downloading infotainment systems (Berla) and EDR readers (Bosch) for newer model cars.
An example; the new Ford's with the full infotainment packages send out location pins to cell sites every SECOND the vehicle is moving. With a Berla download, an entire journey with travel times, speeds and lat-long locations can be made on Google Earth maps showing everywhere a vehicle has been for specified lengths of time. If the phone is synched up, or even if a charging cord is inserted into a USB port with a phone or iPad attached, ALL of that digital devices' info is synched with the car, including your address books, texts, e-mails, photos, etc. Our office just proved a case on a pimp with a 15 year old prostitute using this very info from the devices plugged into the pimps rental car.
Home "digital assistants" like Alexa devices constantly relay your selections/choices/searches to Google/Apple/whoever made it. Your preferences are then bundled and sold to retailers.
Your refrigerator, thermostat, doorbell, telephone, computer, TV, dishwasher, etc. are all information collection devices if hooked up to your phone or computer, and they all relay through data collection systems like the Alexa things do.
It's not about "spying" on you per se, it's mostly about gathering information about your buying habits and selling that info to merchants who target their ads for things you're likely to buy.
It's all about the Benjamins!0 -
quote:Originally posted by kissgoodnight
quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
And you thought you absolutely positively needed a smart phone because...?
The flip phone I was using was discontinued. When the battery would go bad, which it did a lot, I would buy another one for $15 and change out the battery. I do see now they have flip phone for sale again.
The smart phone cost $50 on Black Friday at Wally World.
It is true that you can buy a new phone for less than a replacement battery. I have done the same thing.0 -
stop tracking on flip phone by removing the battery..but if u want to call home u are found again.....big brother is concerned about your welfare..... 0 -
quote:Originally posted by remingtonoaks
go into settings and turn off your GPS...
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Oops, full auto double tap. 0 -
There is an app that will fix that. 0 -
Turning off your GPS will not stop tracking of your phone. Even keeping your phone OFF won't help. The folks at Google are pretty smart, it's tough to fool them.
And, Facebook is getting information about who you phone from your cellular carrier. In many states, your Dept of Motor Vehicles sells your personal information to anyone who pays.
Flips phones are a good option; just be sure that you don't one of the old analog phones, because everyone has switched to digital networks.
Seems to me, it would be pretty easy to trace cell phone calls to Mexico & Central America, fast enough to arrest someone before they finish a 5 minute call.
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