Mobile Tracking - Esato archive

Posted by bearcub24
Anyone on here know the legalities of tracking a mobile phone. I've got a works mobile and wondered if they could trace my whereabouts without my permission/knowledge. Its not my phone, so I'm not the owner would they need permission?

Posted by paul101
AFAIK it is IMPOSSABLE

Posted by bearcub24
As far as I'm aware its possible to trace a mobiles signal within a cell but I don't know to what sort of accuracy, it was more the legalities about doing so without the persons knowledge.

Posted by KingBooker5
I doubt it. I mean, they would have caught all these criminals/suspects on the run if they could do that.

Posted by >500
ah.................. how do you think networks block/bar phones?

of course they can trace the phones where abouts, provided it has a sim in it and its turned on, and in the country!

what ever your phone you are using, your network will know what it is!

Posted by bearcub24
Is it posible to trace a mobile in real time without the users knowledge and without any police involvement?

Posted by >500
yes!

well, they arent meant to, unless, they are tracking a stolen phone for example....

but they do know what phone you are using. I called up 3 to get a phone unlocked. i didnt tell them what phone it was, or its imei, but yet they knew the imei number of the phone i was using. How ever, if it wasnt a 3 sim card in it, they wouldnt have been able to tell. A network cant trace your phone if it doesnt have the networks sim in the phone.

Example, i was using a stolen phone ( i didnt know at the time) which was from Optus (aussie network) with a vodafone sim card. Though, the phone wasnt barred, simply because there was no optus sim card in it. So the info from the phone/sim, was sent to vodafone, and not optus.

Posted by bearcub24
Yeah I was looking at the matter in a privacy context,every other week I'm required to be on call so have to keep my phone on 24h/day I'm not technically at work so why should I be tracked. I've spoken to my boss who says it will not be an issue.. am I being paranoid?