<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> Rick Moen <rick@linuxmafia.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> conspire@linuxmafia.com <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Tuesday, June 26, 2012 9:06 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [conspire] Cellphones and GSM privacy<br> </font> </div> <br>
Quoting Nick Moffitt (<a ymailto="mailto:nick@zork.net" href="mailto:nick@zork.net">nick@zork.net</a>):<br><br>> Alas, this will do nothing to thwart tower triangulation techniques.<br><br>>>True. I was aware of that.<br><br>>>If you don't want your cellular to communicate with towers, you need to<br>stop it from syncing to them, taking you off the grid, which is what is<br>required for full privacy. Or, as you say, use a 'burner' SIM.<br><br><br>Do the dumb phones sync even when switched off, or do you have to pull the SIM card?<br><br><br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>