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by shgrbkr

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is it possible for a regular (non gov/non law enforcement) person to determine the location of a cell phone? what kind of tech gadget is required and where does one find it?

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by oh smeg

Some Tel co Providers offer the option to track a Cell Phone for Parents to keep track of their children or the like.

However for this I believe that you need to be the Registered Owner/Guarantor for the bill to be able to access this feature. I also believe that there is a cost per usage of this option as well. You would have to ask your provider what the conditions are before going forward

If you want to scan positions of phones across different networks from different providers the answer is a Defiant [b]NO.[/b]

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by computercookie

You need to send a special message to the phone and it needs to accept and confirm.

As one mother put it, waited till they were all in the lounge room watching TV and picked up the phones one by one and activated the service.

Apparently it depend on the phone and tower it is accessing to determine whether the accuracy in metres or kilometres!

by mjd420nova

The first requirement is that you have some law enforcement organization request the information frpm the cell phone service provider and they could triangulate the cell phone transmissions to a general area if the unit is not GPS capable. The second is with a unit that is GPS capable, and the phone can then be interogated and return it's exact location using the GPS function. There are available tracking devices that operate in that manner but are used by private investigators and law enforcement. A private individual could go to a private investigator to get such a device mounted in a car or on or in a person belongings for this purpose but it is very expensive.

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