Tracking my cell phone's location?

[Ted Striker]

Dammit! Now they know my tire pressure too?! Is nothing sacred?

[TBS]

Oh.....BTW....you can be fairly certain that the new Utah NSA trunk center and data-processing center have already auto-flagged this thread just for its asssociative multi-keyword matches. Tsk tsk.

Inshallah!
We must continue the jihad for government transparency and freshie stoke!
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Compute that muthafukers

[Dhelihiker]

Paging Walter White....

[Lone Star]

I used to take my phone on backpacking work trips in areas without cell service, as an alarm clock and last-resort emergency backup. I couldn't figure out why my battery was draining in just a day or two with the phone turned off all the time except for when the alarm was going off. When I'd get home (where there's decent reception), I would find that my battery would last for well over a week when powered the same way. It turns out that phones use way, way more battery when they are seeking and unable to find service.

To experiment, I have taken my battery out during long trips and found that it still had full power two weeks later.

Since I know that my phone is attempting to make contact with a tower, I think it's reasonable to assume that the location of this device is tracked whenever it does make contact.

[Tippster]

I used to take my phone on backpacking work trips in areas without cell service, as an alarm clock and last-resort emergency backup. I couldn't figure out why my battery was draining in just a day or two with the phone turned off all the time except for when the alarm was going off. When I'd get home (where there's decent reception), I would find that my battery would last for well over a week when powered the same way. It turns out that phones use way, way more battery when they are seeking and unable to find service.

To experiment, I have taken my battery out during long trips and found that it still had full power two weeks later.

Since I know that my phone is attempting to make contact with a tower, I think it's reasonable to assume that the location of this device is tracked whenever it does make contact.

Or you could just put it in Airplane mode...