From: jollyroger@pobox.com   
      
   On 2018-03-22, Chris  wrote:   
   > On 22/03/2018 01:39, Ragnusen Ultred wrote:   
   >> In article , micky wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I wouldn't think it matters.   The cell system has to know where   
   >>> every phone is or when someone called you, it would have to send out   
   >>> the ring signal from every cell tower in the world.   
   >>   
   >> Of course, what you're talking about are the 'voice-related' cellular   
   >> signals, where I agree with you that the ability to track the voice   
   >> part of the cellular system is the same for all phones, but what's   
   >> different is the ability of others to track you based on the many   
   >> different types of non-voice-related differences in the cell phones   
   >> themselves.   
   >>   
   >> There's no sense guessing.  We'll just have to wait for the phone   
   >> information to be public knowledge.   
   >>   
   >> What I will say is that anyone who commits a crime while carrying a   
   >> cellphone, is not all that smart, unless they felt an untoward sense   
   >> of security about using that cellphone, especially during and even   
   >> /after/ committing the crime.   
   >>   
   >> It's my premise that it's even worse if it's a so-called smartphone.   
   >   
   > Not in this case. It seems clear that they were simply using   
   > cell-tower information to correlate his movements with the attacks and   
   > catch him.  The type of phone is irrelevant.   
      
   Anyone with any cursory knowledge of cellular technology knows that; and   
   "Ragnusen" is naturally excluded from this group.   
      
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