Apple is purchasing Twitter analytics firm

On 12/10/2013 6:25 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

My reading of the claim is not that they can track *all* cell phones
but that they can track *some* cell phones.

only ones that have been modified and then given to the person they
want to track.

I get the impression that some cellphones are sucseptible to being
penetrated with a bug of some kind which modifies the way that they
work. Nokia has been mentioned in this context.

which means it's being tracked because of a bug, not because it's a
cellphone.

it has nothing whatsoever to do with cellphones. the cellphone is just
the carrier to hold the bug.

they could have put the bug in a camera or a shoe or something else
entirely.

or they could illegally attach a gps tracking device to your car:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/fbi-tracking-device/all/1


The above colon (after "car") seems to be documented evidence that
"nospam" finally used his "shift" key.

John

On 2013-12-20 01:52:24 +0000, John Turco said:

On 12/10/2013 6:25 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

My reading of the claim is not that they can track *all* cell phones
but that they can track *some* cell phones.

only ones that have been modified and then given to the person they
want to track.

I get the impression that some cellphones are sucseptible to being
penetrated with a bug of some kind which modifies the way that they
work. Nokia has been mentioned in this context.

which means it's being tracked because of a bug, not because it's a
cellphone.

it has nothing whatsoever to do with cellphones. the cellphone is just
the carrier to hold the bug.

they could have put the bug in a camera or a shoe or something else
entirely.

or they could illegally attach a gps tracking device to your car:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/fbi-tracking-device/all/1


The above colon (after "car") seems to be documented evidence that
"nospam" finally used his "shift" key.

John

Well it certainly couldn't be described as a global shift.

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Regards,

Savageduck

On 12/19/13 7:52 PM, in article , "John Turco"
wrote:

On 12/10/2013 6:25 PM, nospam wrote:
In article , Eric Stevens
wrote:

My reading of the claim is not that they can track *all* cell phones
but that they can track *some* cell phones.

only ones that have been modified and then given to the person they
want to track.

I get the impression that some cellphones are sucseptible to being
penetrated with a bug of some kind which modifies the way that they
work. Nokia has been mentioned in this context.

which means it's being tracked because of a bug, not because it's a
cellphone.

it has nothing whatsoever to do with cellphones. the cellphone is just
the carrier to hold the bug.

they could have put the bug in a camera or a shoe or something else
entirely.

or they could illegally attach a gps tracking device to your car:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/fbi-tracking-device/all/1


The above colon (after "car") seems to be documented evidence that
"nospam" finally used his "shift" key.

John

Congrats to him. I'm raising my stein for the occasion!!!