Be Afaid, Brent

"Scott en Aztlán" > wrote in message
...
> Be very afraid!
>
> Notice the intentional repetition of the word "anonymous" WRT the use
> of cellular phone sector information. For those that don't know, there
> is no such thing as anonymity in the cellular phone networks - every
> cell site knows the IMEI/MIN of every cellular phone in use on the
> system - they have to, they need to know to whom the calls should be
> billed and how incoming calls should be routed.
>
> Not that this is anything new - you can already be tracked via the
> cellular radio transponder you carry with you. What's different about
> this system is that now this data is being sold to a third party for
> one ostensible purpose (finding areas with traffic congestion) - what
> assurances are being offered that this data will not be misused as
> Brent suggested when I speculated about a similar system here several
> months back?
>
> Begin post forwarded from another group:
>

Well if you're really paranoid, you could always buy a pre-paid SIM card (or
a pre-paid handset with removable sim) anonymously (or under an assumed
name) and pop it into a unlocked GSM phone that you bought from ebay or
somewhere. That way, there is no way that the phone call could be traced to
you. But you'd have to be careful who you called, as they might drop a dime
on you. -Dave

In article . net>, Dave wrote:

> Well if you're really paranoid, you could always buy a pre-paid SIM card (or
> a pre-paid handset with removable sim) anonymously (or under an assumed
> name) and pop it into a unlocked GSM phone that you bought from ebay or
> somewhere.

And having worked in consumer electronics, having such untraceable GSM
phones is not a problem for me anyway.

Dave, > was motivated to say this in rec.autos.driving
on Sat, 14 Jan 2006 20:16:22 GMT:
>
> Well if you're really paranoid, you could always buy a pre-paid SIM card (or
> a pre-paid handset with removable sim) anonymously (or under an assumed
> name) and pop it into a unlocked GSM phone that you bought from ebay or
> somewhere.

Or you could simply not own a cellphone? Is it really *that* necessary
for people to be constantly reachable? Although one nice thing about
cellphones over land lines is that cellphones can be turned off when I
don't want to be bugged; whereas land lines are always on for
telemarketers and other swine who want to pester me.