can cell phones be traced very easily?
468241
Yes they can be traced quite easily and given enough your time your location can also be ascertained.
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The possibility is there.  The probability is low, unless you have a cell phone that can be easily compromised.\n\nIn general SMS messages are sent from cell phone to wireless network, to long haul land lines, to wireless tower to your cell phone.  Alternatively, the SMS is sent from a land line system or gateway (such as a web site), to the long haul land lines, to tower to cell.\n\nThe possible areas where the SMS can be intercepted easiest is in the second scenario where a web based system is attacked, or in both scenarios at your cell phone.\n\nMost likely place is your cell phone if it has WiFi, Bluetooth and even IR capabilities configured incorrectly.\n\nNote that SMS messages are stored for a period of time on the wireless company's system.\n\nThe "smarter" phone you have, the higher the probability that it can be "hacked".
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You can do what is called a reverse phone look up but when you place a cell number it usually only brings up the city. You can also do this for home phone and some unlisted as well.\nwhitepages.com
1021889
no it is not possible to trace for simple user, but if e-mail company such as yahoo can give u ip address of computer, from where this happen and govt agencies help u to trace the ip address u can find out who is doing it. It can be done in future if you think you are very important person and say in govt. Then u can keep vigilanbce who will do it again.\nAs far as who have done this have your password, without password he can't erase or see the folders or files in your e-mail account. Some one knows your password.
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There's not much point tracing a cell-phone call that happened in the past...  since the phone will have moved.\n\nContrary to what you see on TV, it's very hard to locate a cell-phone signal any more accurately than "somewhere in this area" - where "this area" might be a county wide.\n\nSOME cellphones do include a GPS option, but that's usually the expensive ones, and it's a user option whether or not the data is transmitted.  Some companies use it to keep track of their vehicles on the road, for instance, but they set it up that way..  if the user chooses not to send GPS data, you can't "force" it\n\nIf this is just for your convenience, it's probably not worth it.  If there are legal or criminal issues involved, you'd need to talk to the proper authorities - but even the phone companies are notoriously reluctant to co-operate in trying to track a phone -  my wife works in communications for our county police force here in Florida, and they have to go and wake up a judge before any of the local cellphone companies will do much..  for obvious reasons.\n\nThey usually have to resort to "look out the widow, what can you see?"
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the only thing you can do is call the cops and get a phone tracer, and thats it unless you have one yourself. i wouldnt do that though, cus u will ruin the fun of prank calls and be a f@ggot for ruining it.
827696
I have a microchip implanted in my left arm just above my elbow. It can be traced by using GPS, supermarket checkout scanners and garage door openers.
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Have a look to the free GPS tracking service: GPS Cell Phone Tracking. \n\nAccuTracking software turns your Motorola iDEN i58sr, i88s, i325, i355, i265, i285, i605, i710, i730, i830, i850 or i860 cell phone carried by Nextel, SouthernLINC (US) or Telus (Canada) into a GPS tracking device. The free online GPS cell phone tracking service provided by AccuTracking.com lets you see locations, speed, and headings of your mobile clients, family members or valuable assets. Starter Kit Sales \n\nFeatures: \nScreenshots\nWeb-based tracking, mapping & reporting. Track cell phones from PC or PDA.\nLocation, speed, heading and altitude data report.\nLive location sticker embedded in your web site.\n30 day history of GPS tracking data in trail view.\nMessaging from cell phone for job status report.\nVirtual compass showing moving direction.\nDownload raw data in CSV file.\nGeofence alerts via email or SMS.\nSub-account (view-only account).\nPeriodical or manual GPS position reporting.\nCustomizable sending intervals.\nLocating clients faster with Hot GPS option.\nSmart Sending option reducing network usage.\nExternal display (i730/i830/i860 cell phone only).\nFree for personal non-commercial use (see Services for other uses).
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No.  Well, that's not entirely true.  In some of the new cell phones there are GPS units so that they can track you, but the average 911 communications centre doesn't have the ability to access this.  The most they can do is get your cell phone provider (if they can figure out who that is) to tell them the general area you're located in based on the cell tower(s) that you're using.\n\nThe downside to this is that if you're lost or in serious danger and unable to tell the 911 operator where you are, you're pretty much s.o.l.
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ONE. you can contact friends or family for answers on tests, and definitely they don't want that and they'll give you a case (our school STRICTLY prohibits bringing of cellphones)\nTWO. it could get stolen/lost and everyone gets to be the suspect\nTHREE. Everyone can get jealous of your cellphone if you have the latest model, then they decide to steal it...
654679
Yes. You can go to people search and there is an option under yellow pages that will prompt you to find out cell phone #'s..
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Ask your service provider. They can give you the cellphone log.
50252
Call the phone company, after they call you, you can pust *78 or something like it, then the number will show up for the phone company and they will be able to track the person that is calling you....
714449
Probably not. Cell phone cameras aren't designed for live broadcasting.
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When your mobile phone is switched on, your cellular network provider knows exactly where you are in the world to within a hundred metres or so. \n\nSimilar technology is used to track down lost aircraft and yachts through their radio beacons. It's not identical, because most radio beacons use satellites and cell phones use land-based aerial arrays, but the principle is the same. \n\nAt any one time, your phone is usually able to communicate with more than one of the aerial arrays provided by your phone network. They're ten or twenty kilometers apart (less in cities) and it's usually within range of at least three of them. So by comparing the signal strengths and time lags for the signals at each station, your network can triangulate your position and work out where you are. \n\nThis is true whenever your phone is switched on, whether you're using it or not, because every so often it sends out a check signal to make sure everything is working as it should. \n\nNot surprisingly, the phone network companies are shy about admitting they have this ability. But within the industry, it's seen as just one more piece of data. There is even talk of selling the data to Internet content providers so they can send information to your Internet phone based on your location, for example reviews of nearby restaurants. \n\nThe triangulation capability of cell phone network companies varies according to the age of their equipment. A few can only do it manually with a big drain on skilled manpower. But these days most companies can generate the information automatically, which makes it cheap enough to sell.\n\nCheck out link below to find out more
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Yes, I believe there is software you can buy to track every move. My sisters husband did that to her. He's a tweaker though. Go figure...I would think that would be really tedious though.
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the location can only be traingulated when brodcasting between two cellphone towers.\n\nthe phone must be in use to do this.