• higgsboson@dubvee.orgEnglish
    7·
    7 months ago

    If you remove the SIM card and don’t connect to any hotspot ( obviously ), then your phone is just a camera

    That is not true and it is a dangerous assumption for someone planning to antagonize law enforcement.

    A phone that is powered on, even with no SIM or WiFi, would still be able to track your location. It still has GPS-GLONASS-Galileo, it still has a cell radio, it still has Bluetooth, etc. How do you think a phone can let you still call 911 even with no SIM?

    This article offers a high level explanation:

    https://robots.net/computing-and-gadgets/mobile-devices/tracking-a-phone-without-a-sim-card-explained/

    GPS tracking without a SIM card offers a resilient and dependable solution for location-based tracking and management.

    Unless you leave it home or physically remove the battery, your phone can still be used to track you (given the resources that a state can bring to bear.) If you aim to misbehave, do not trust your phone.

    • 乇ㄥ乇¢ㄒ尺ㄖ@infosec.pub
      1·
      7 months ago

      While SIM cards have historically served as a primary means of identifying and tracking mobile devices, advancements in GPS, Wi-Fi, and Bluetooth technologies have expanded the horizons of phone tracking beyond the constraints of SIM card dependency.

      I mean that’s what I tried to say, SIM cards are the biggest offender when it comes to phone tracking, since they’re linked to your ID card, it’s such an easy method of tracking, unfortunately the article doesn’t go in depth ( as it claims ) on how to leverage GPS tracking for example, which brings me to my second question

      given the resources that a state can bring to bear.

      SIM card is the primary method used, it’s so easy and available, the government will for sure take advantage of such tracking capability, but since the article doesn’t give any example of how can GPS tracking can be achieved, like we know that the SIM card pings cell towers all the time, and it transmits unique IDs, and you buy it with an ID, you get the picture… in the case of other tracking methods, it’s seems ( to me at least ), that the attacker ( the government in this case, not necessarily the US government ), has to invest in extra resources to leverage such tracking capabilities that use obscure methods, how much that’s question? they must be really motivated

      • higgsboson@dubvee.orgEnglish
        2·
        7 months ago

        If you remove the SIM card and don’t connect to any hotspot ( obviously ), then your phone is just a camera

        Again, this is a false and dangerous claim. Your continued denial makes me begin to suspect you have an ulterior motive, but I dont have energy today to waste on you, so I will be blocking you. Good day.