By wlanguide
San Francisco District Attorney George Gascón recently said that iOS 7's activation lock has made improvements in its anti-theft technology and he's glad that Apple and Samsung representatives came attend the meeting and shared their technology. However he also said that Microsoft and Google did not participate in it and did nothing.
It's reported that George Gascón and Schneiderman from CA had done some tests on the anti-theft technology included in iPhone and Galaxy S4, and they found that they are pretty good.
They are doing this to crack down on mobile device theft and resell. Carriers also have set up a huge database to track these stolen mobile devices but it seemed it did not work well. So the Attorney called for handset makers to help in this matter.
However we still need to wait and see if their measure will work or not.
More information about cell phone tracking can be found here at
http://cellphonetrackers.org.
By wlanguide
I used to write a lot about cell phone tracking. That is because I have played with a lot of mobile devices, for example, feature phones, Symbian, Android, BlackBerry and iOS etc. I like install and remove all kinds of apps on these handsets.
The most apps I have used is GPS related software. I actually use them on various occasions. When I travel, I use GPS to navigate so I will never get lost. I also use GPS track apps to record my trips so I could share with my friends.
However I am more interested in cell phone tracking apps. These apps are so powerful that they can do a lot of things for you. For instance, you can use them to pinpoint your phone, find its location, wipe the data and even lock it remotely. If you are afraid of losing your handset and data, then these apps are for you.
But what about GPS tracking devices? I actually came to know them a long time ago, but I never tried them. About three months ago, I got my hand on my first GPS tracking device, Xexun TK102. It has a compact size and is smaller than I thought. I fell in love with it shortly
Actually you can find a lot of such devices
here. I am just waiting for my GPS watch, it seems great but I need to wait and see.
Before going to detail study of GPS in cell phone, let’s know about GPS. GPS stands for Global Positioning System that is a global navigation satellite system used to get information of location and time in all conditions of weather. This is system is space based. This system is supported by the GPS satellites. Theses satellites are governed and maintained by the United States of America and anyone in the world has an equal right to get access of it. GPS can be easily accessed through GPS receivers.
GPS is the product of Depart of Defense of United States of America which is supported by 24 satellites all over the world. The system aims to keep the navigation system clear and accurate in all type of conditions.
GPS is now used in many applications. Cell phones are also using this outstanding system for various purposes and known Cell Phone tracking. This service is now acquired by almost all companies of mobiles in their different models. GPS in cell phones was first used in United States of America. In the start of this technology in cell phones, iDEN was the first cell phone in which this technology was implemented. At that time this system was used to track the employees. Then this system containing cell phones became the symbol of status. Now Cell Phone GPS is widely used and is having in almost 70% of smart cell phones. Now Cell phone GPS are used for business community to penetrate in their customers. Now we can have different cell phone having this technology with multi functionalities.
Now in the remaining part of this article we will try to understand the basic concept of Cell phone GPS and its working. The mobiles phone having this technology contains one GPS receiver which is used to calculate positioning by receiving signals sent by different GPS satellites. This is the basic duty of each satellite to send the messages continually which contains the time of the message that was transmitted, orbital information of satellite, general system about orbits which is called almanac.
The receivers in cell phones receive messages transmitted by each of the satellite. These messages are then used to calculate the positions of the receiver. This position is then displayed having the longitude and latitude with full information. There are many GPS tracking apps which can show the derived information such as speed and height of the location, and you can find them here.
If you are new about cell phone tracking, here are something you need to check out.
1. Mobile phone tracking - Definition from
Wikipedia.
2. Cell phone tracking - Resources about cell phone tracker and mobile tracking softwares.
3.
Does cell phone GPS tracking really work - Good question.
4. Base station based GSM tracking - What is it?
5. Cell phone WiFi tracking - Definition and example about Google Maps locating.
6. Top five mobile phone tracking softwares - Your choices.
7.
Top five free cell phone tracking softwares - Yes, free of charge.
8. To be continued