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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 10:54 AM Original message |
Your Cell Phone Is A Tracking Device |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
1. More unfounded paranoia |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:01 AM Response to Reply #1 |
5. "if you are not doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about"? what part of the sheer |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #5 |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 11:28 AM Response to Reply #19 |
56. Keep in mind...has an authoritarian bent miles wide, and just as deep. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #56 |
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tonysam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #1 |
14. Many murder cases have been solved because |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #14 |
16. We could probably solve more murders if the gov't. took everyone's DNA sample. |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #16 |
20. England has been doing this for years with great success |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #20 |
23. It is an EFFECTIVE idea. But definitely Not a progressive idea. |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:19 AM Response to Reply #23 |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:21 AM Response to Reply #23 |
29. Amen. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:20 AM Response to Reply #20 |
28. To the contrary, sir. It is not a progressive idea. Progressives favor empowering the individual. |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #28 |
33. Progressives believe in progression |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
37. Your version of progress sounds like it would |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:30 AM Response to Reply #33 |
39. So I presume you are fine with waterboarding detainees? |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:32 AM Response to Reply #39 |
40. I, like my President, am against torture |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:33 AM Response to Reply #40 |
41. But if it saves lives, you said you were in favor of any effective tool to achieve that. |
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Don Caballero (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:35 AM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Nope. Torture is never acceptable. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:40 AM Response to Reply #43 |
44. When you sacrifice enforcement of the 4th Amendment, then all other civil liberties are at risk. |
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Fire_Medic_Dave (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #44 |
55. He also wants to have foreign soldiers confiscate all firearms from Americans. |
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beevul (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 11:31 AM Response to Reply #55 |
57. And wants it to be illegal to film law enforcement without permission, N/T |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 12:22 PM Response to Reply #20 |
49. Damn, you really DO want to live in a police state, don't you? |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:16 AM Response to Reply #14 |
22. Unless you haven't noticed, the US govt has repeatedly demonstrated its true Big Bro intentions |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:11 AM Response to Reply #1 |
15. Has nothing to do with it. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:18 AM Response to Reply #15 |
25. Some people, not everyone. |
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closeupready (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #25 |
30. Sorry, you're right. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
17. It's naive to think that this affects only those doing something wrong. |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:25 AM Response to Reply #17 |
35. So without any warrants they have the names, phone numbers |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1 |
32. "if you are not doing anything wrong you have nothing to worry about" |
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agent46 (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:52 AM Response to Reply #1 |
47. More kneejerk dismissals n/t |
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we can do it (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 12:16 PM Response to Reply #1 |
48. Don't Forget To Put Your Head Back In Sand |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 11:03 AM Response to Reply #1 |
53. Never let a chance to diss conspiracy theory go undone, right? |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 11:13 AM Response to Reply #1 |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
2. Cell phones have the option to turn off the tracking function |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #2 |
12. nope |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:15 AM Response to Reply #12 |
21. As with any evidence the case must be made as to who is in possession of the tool |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:22 AM Response to Reply #21 |
31. ohhhh I like that literary angle! |
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951-Riverside (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
36. "GPS location can be turned off, it's true" |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 10:19 AM Response to Reply #36 |
50. it is true, depends on the phone |
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ThomCat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:14 AM Response to Reply #2 |
18. That is not entirely true. |
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Gormy Cuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:50 AM Response to Reply #2 |
46. I recall that when I set up my phone the instructions stated that GPS can't be shut off from 911. |
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niyad (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 10:58 AM Response to Original message |
3. it doesn't matter about the activities in which you are engaged, what matters is the police state |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:00 AM Response to Reply #3 |
4. Exactly. Not surprising, however, that many are frightfully unwary |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:04 AM Response to Original message |
6. You want to fight it? |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #6 |
11. +1 Great idea. That is a pro-active way to approach it... |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
7. I did not know there was a way to turn off the tracking function... |
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Jim__ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
8. Don't you realize that the government needs this information to fight the war on drugs. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:08 AM Response to Reply #8 |
10. Two phony "war$" that go worse together! |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:09 AM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Oh shit...they're probably monitoring our online purchases too... |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:17 AM Response to Reply #13 |
24. Yes, that's part of the corporate/state nexus: creating profiles based on all monitored actions |
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snagglepuss (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:24 AM Response to Reply #13 |
34. LOL nt |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:06 AM Response to Original message |
9. Does this also apply |
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ManiacJoe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 01:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
59. It applies to all cell phones. |
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woodsprite (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:20 AM Response to Original message |
27. So the fact that 90% of the time mine is uncharged is a "good" thing! |
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jpljr77 (580 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
38. And if your car has OnStar, your location can be tracked as well. So what? |
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NightWatcher (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:34 AM Response to Original message |
42. ah, I do miss those crazy days of rotating, disposable cells and g-phones |
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lib2DaBone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-22-10 11:43 AM Response to Original message |
45. Agent Mike monitors this board.. don't kid yourself.... |
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sui generis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 10:24 AM Response to Reply #45 |
52. nah |
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Jennicut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-23-10 10:24 AM Response to Original message |
51. My Dad works at the local phone company, now AT&T. As a child I could listen in on people's phone |
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