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internet dongle, mifi

anothernick · 2014-05-16 21:43:16

No privacy left in the world. A quick question however meteor , vodafone, o2 dongles / mifi units are they capable of tracking gps location? is gps built into these devices or could the likes of triangle location determine where a user , users one?

16-05-2014 10:43PM

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No privacy left in the world. A quick question however

meteor , vodafone, o2 dongles / mifi units are they capable of tracking gps location?

is gps built into these devices or could the likes of triangle location determine where a user , users one?

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If you've got access to the providers tools it's likely you could track them based off which tower they're connecting to.

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anothernick wrote: »

No privacy left in the world. A quick question however

meteor , vodafone, o2 dongles / mifi units are they capable of tracking gps location?

is gps built into these devices or could the likes of triangle location determine where a user , users one?

GPS? Probably not. They definitely will know what cell towers you were connected to though, which can certainly narrow down your location

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