[sdiy] OT: Cell Phones Becoming Profitless

[Harry Bissell Jr]

--- "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org> wrote: <snipped>


> Is there not something very ominious about how all
> of those devices
> are being merged into mobile telephones, considering
> how mobile
> 'phones are being used as tracking devices?  Someone
> might choose to
> leave their mobile telephone at home, but, if that
> telephone is also a
> camera, or a music player, etc., then someone might
> be more inclined
> to carry it along.  How does the average, non
> technically-inclined,
> person really know when his or her telephone is not
> being used as a
> transmitter to transmit what he or she is saying and
> doing when it's
> supposedly turned off?  Similarly, when it's
> supposedly turned off,
> with no lights lit, nothing on the display, the
> average person has no
> way of knowing that it's still not sending
> information about its
> location to anyone.  Some might counter this with
> "take the battery
> out", but, given the availability of fairly small,
> very large
> capacity, capacitors these days, it could have a
> capacitor built in
> which hold a charge for at least several minutes
> after the battery is
> disconnected and keep on working when the user feels
> certain that
> it's been disabled.

I'm sure that a deeo lake would soulve the problem.

I'd recommend a solid copper box made of G-10
PCB material, grounded... for keeping your cellphone
in.

Of course given the people who drive with them ... I'd
recommend they put them (as mum used to say) "where
the sun don't shine"...  but the vibrating feature
might
actually be a ... er.. feature  :^P
 
> Such devices could very well be used as "bugs" for
> "law enforcement",
> such as (e.g., in the US) for purposes related to
> that unpatriotic
> "patriot" act, ya' know... no one's supposed to need
> any privacy now,
> since that's against the interest of national
> security---or, more
> likely, political and corporate interests.  Think of
> how useful such
> might be to "dirty cops" on the take, or certain
> politicians, etc.
> Just something to think about.  BTW, cable boxes are
> no less insidious
> these days---ever wonder why they use what they
> think are tamper-proof
> screws on them, now that cable is a 2-way medium?
> 
> Hence, I suggest that to screw up the system, people
> purchase
> telephones and swap them with various others if
> those others can be
> trusted not to rack up enormous bills.  By doing so,
> the government
> would have no idea where people really are.  Also,
> get the right tools
> and open up those cable boxes to check for things
> like little
> microphones---if something's in your house, you have
> a right to take
> it apart and inspect it.

tee hee.... (he said) as he sent this message out over
the internet. Talk about an intrusive technology. Does
my computer have a microphone in it.  Well MINE
doesn't
but I bet a lot of yours do.  In fact, most DIYers
could
probably be bugged in glorious sixteen channel sound
with digital effects.

I'd say... why not buy cellphones and then attach them
to unsuspecting peoples vehicles... especially buses
and trucks from out of state... or RENTAL cars, who
knows where they would end up  :^P

My take is that a big asteroid hits the earth first
and cellphones become obsolete within the week...

H^) harry