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Oct 17, 2011, 09:53 PM
 
i has an iphone, and i want to track someone, so what i can do? i tried using some applications but it's not effective. So, everybody can you help me? Thank
     
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Oct 17, 2011, 10:20 PM
 
Those tracking apps are fake, they just work off of area and city codes. You can't track cell phones unless you are a super hacker, law enforcement, or the cell phone company.
     
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Nov 3, 2011, 04:37 AM
 
Is this a spam duo?

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Nov 3, 2011, 04:55 AM
 
You can't track an iPhone unless you can get access to it and set up tracking. Unless you are law enforcement or the cell phone company or a super hacker. As stated.
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Nov 3, 2011, 05:29 AM
 
There may be more to the topic than that. Weren't cell phone companies broadcasting location information of smart phones in a way that was easily accessible to people with some knowledge of how the cell networks work? I saw a report about it on my local news about how the information can be used to track where smart phones are, and when it was discussed here someone said that there's basically nothing that can be done because of the way the networks are configured and how they broadcast information. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

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Nov 3, 2011, 06:02 AM
 
Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
Is this a spam duo?
It does appear so. Though, they haven't actually dropped the spam on the thread yet. Maybe it's a trio!
     
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Nov 3, 2011, 01:58 PM
 
As a follow-up to my previous post, here's the video I was thinking of from Fox 11 News: Smart Phone Stalking FOX 11 NEWS 2010 - YouTube. I'm pretty sure we discussed it on the forums.

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Originally Posted by Big Mac View Post
As a follow-up to my previous post, here's the video I was thinking of from Fox 11 News: Smart Phone Stalking FOX 11 NEWS 2010 - YouTube. I'm pretty sure we discussed it on the forums.
from his own comments, he is actually in the cell signal looking for the known phone number. Note that he said he also needs to know where the person is before beginning tracking. Getting into cell signals sounds like super hacker.
     
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Nov 4, 2011, 02:27 AM
 
To the OP, what's not effective about the Find My Friends app?
     
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Nov 4, 2011, 02:33 AM
 
His contractors don't get paid for it; that's what's not effective about it.
     
   
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