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Excellent !!! A site for locating anyone with just a phone no.

by wealthy20
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I know this is offtopic to this forum but wanted to share this. I couldn't believe what I'm reading on a CNN featured article. Apparently spying isn't just limited to governments anymore. Now it's called Location-as-a-Service (LaaS). Now businesses can do it too, for a premium of course.

While they're not able to get your personal identifiable information, they can still SMS you (advertising...say a local restaurant you're close to, or some shop with a sale offer when you're close by), locate you within 100m (in urban areas) if they know your cellphone number etc.

And all this is done without the need of installing any app or need for GPS. It's done through the GSM network i.e. your phone network basically.

I'm going to try it to see if my employees are actually taking detours from their planned routes. And it's not just for USA, it can locate anyone, anywhere in over 150+ countries. Now that's awesome isn't it?

Location Smart

Enjoy !
#cellphone tracker #geolocation
  • Profile picture of the author whateverpedia
    Originally Posted by wealthy20 View Post

    Now that's awesome isn't it?
    No, it @#$%ing isn't.
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  • Profile picture of the author yukon
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    Originally Posted by wealthy20 View Post

    I know this is offtopic to this forum but wanted to share this. I couldn't believe what I'm reading on a CNN featured article. Apparently spying isn't just limited to governments anymore. Now it's called Location-as-a-Service (LaaS). Now businesses can do it too, for a premium of course.

    While they're not able to get your personal identifiable information, they can still SMS you (advertising...say a local restaurant you're close to, or some shop with a sale offer when you're close by), locate you within 100m (in urban areas) if they know your cellphone number etc.

    And all this is done without the need of installing any app or need for GPS. It's done through the GSM network i.e. your phone network basically.

    I'm going to try it to see if my employees are actually taking detours from their planned routes. And it's not just for USA, it can locate anyone, anywhere in over 150+ countries. Now that's awesome isn't it?

    Location Smart

    Enjoy !





    Welcome to 2005.








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  • Profile picture of the author wealthy20
    lol @yukon. Maybe I'm a little bit slow on the uptake. If it's been available for 10+ years, I sincerely didn't have a clue that anyone with a registered business could do this.

    I mean I knew you could do it with apps geolocation and GPS tracking and stuff, but what I didn't know is that you can do it without the consent of the users in question (and it doesn't even need to be a smartphone).

    (Or maybe if the company is ethical enough, it will notify the users in question?) Probably there already exist bypasses for that too. Anyway shared my two cents.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by wealthy20 View Post

      lol @yukon. Maybe I'm a little bit slow on the uptake. If it's been available for 10+ years, I sincerely didn't have a clue that anyone with a registered business could do this.

      I mean I knew you could do it with apps geolocation and GPS tracking and stuff, but what I didn't know is that you can do it without the consent of the users in question (and it doesn't even need to be a smartphone).

      (Or maybe if the company is ethical enough, it will notify the users in question?) Probably there already exist bypasses for that too. Anyway shared my two cents.


      Yea, that's all been possible to do for a few years. It's called proximity marketing.
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  • Profile picture of the author tagiscom
    Originally Posted by yukon View Post

    Welcome to 2005.
    Lol, or this...



    But we have to be fair, Yukon, there are several new posts here, discussing how to supposedly make money with short links.

    Probably as good as how to make $100 an hour by spamming businesses with Captcha information?

    Or spammy posts about some crap?

    Originally Posted by wealthy20 View Post

    lol @yukon. Maybe I'm a little bit slow on the uptake. If it's been available for 10+ years, I sincerely didn't have a clue that anyone with a registered business could do this.

    I mean I knew you could do it with apps geolocation and GPS tracking and stuff, but what I didn't know is that you can do it without the consent of the users in question (and it doesn't even need to be a smartphone).

    (Or maybe if the company is ethical enough, it will notify the users in question?) Probably there already exist bypasses for that too. Anyway shared my two cents.
    Or you could find someone just with their company name, if you move house and your business name with it, it is easy for someone to track you down.

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  • Profile picture of the author George Schwab
    Just imagine what will happen....

    now company A buys lists of all cell numbers and runs it on a server
    against actual pedestrians that are walking within reach of the store
    of company B [the competitor of company A]

    now everyone in the area approaching that shop now gets bombarded
    with an all-time low special counter attack to not make them enter
    that store.

    Great right?

    Well I would be throwing my cell into the next gutter,
    because all big store owners will do it, and there will be
    no quiet minute anymore for any cell users that are
    near any major store. Great tech news.
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    • Profile picture of the author yukon
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      Originally Posted by George Schwab View Post

      Just imagine what will happen....

      now company A buys lists of all cell numbers and runs it on a server
      against actual pedestrians that are walking within reach of the store
      of company B [the competitor of company A]

      now everyone in the area approaching that shop now gets bombarded
      with an all-time low special counter attack to not make them enter
      that store.

      Great right?

      Well I would be throwing my cell into the next gutter,
      because all big store owners will do it, and there will be
      no quiet minute anymore for any cell users that are
      near any major store. Great tech news.



      They don't need the phone number If wifi or bluetooth is turned On.
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  • Profile picture of the author George Schwab
    Even better.

    Stephen King was right in 'Cell'

    slaves ->. mind controlled zombies -> vampires

    Hiroshima..45........Tjernobil..86........Windows. .95.......IPhone..2016
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