GPS doesn't even need to come in to play. An analog phone from 1985 can give out positioning information with a little help from the service provider through triangulation. Newer cell phones, yes, use GPS systems for easier coordinate sending for 911/411 type services, it's just a cleaner system than using cell phone towers and relying on the wireless phone service providers to take the time to bounce the signal off at least three towers, get a fix, and relay it to the other end of the phone call. But it's all through the same process...GPS uses at least 3 satellites to do the same thing.
My understanding at this point is digital phones are easier to track because they're always in communication with the towers, but older analog-only phones are only trackable when they're being used, because they can go passive. I may be mistaken on that.
So these people show up to work only to discover Navy officers waiting for them with search-and-seize orders?
Can students expect FBI officials to be waiting at the doorsteps of schools? Will we no longer have DEA Enforcement, but RIAA Enforcement? Will LA students not need to worry about metal detectors at the doors, but file sweeps instead?
How much longer is the RIAA going to whine to anyone they can write a letter to? More importantly, how long will it be before an organization finally says "No More" and puts their foot down...
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GPS doesn't even need to come in to play. An analog phone from 1985 can give out positioning information with a little help from the service provider through triangulation. Newer cell phones, yes, use GPS systems for easier coordinate sending for 911/411 type services, it's just a cleaner system than using cell phone towers and relying on the wireless phone service providers to take the time to bounce the signal off at least three towers, get a fix, and relay it to the other end of the phone call. But it's all through the same process...GPS uses at least 3 satellites to do the same thing.
My understanding at this point is digital phones are easier to track because they're always in communication with the towers, but older analog-only phones are only trackable when they're being used, because they can go passive. I may be mistaken on that.
So these people show up to work only to discover Navy officers waiting for them with search-and-seize orders? Can students expect FBI officials to be waiting at the doorsteps of schools? Will we no longer have DEA Enforcement, but RIAA Enforcement? Will LA students not need to worry about metal detectors at the doors, but file sweeps instead? How much longer is the RIAA going to whine to anyone they can write a letter to? More importantly, how long will it be before an organization finally says "No More" and puts their foot down...