Mot V60 CDMA Phone - What to do?

David S <[email protected]> wrote in
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> I will take the lack of a reply as a negative. That leads to the next
> question: do all phones have that option?
>
>

I cannot imagine the carriers putting ANY phone on their system they don't
have complete remote control of without your knowledge. Can you?

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Larry

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On Wed, 27 Jul 2005 16:01:07 -0400, Larry <[email protected]> chose to add
this to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:

>David S <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> I will take the lack of a reply as a negative. That leads to the next
>> question: do all phones have that option?
>
>I cannot imagine the carriers putting ANY phone on their system they don't
>have complete remote control of without your knowledge. Can you?

You, then, are implying that VZW *can* override the Emergency Only setting
for GPS in my 4400.

I repeat: can anyone who actually *knows* (as opposed to just having a
conspiracy theory) confirm or deny this?

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"David S" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> You, then, are implying that VZW *can* override the Emergency Only setting
> for GPS in my 4400.
>
> I repeat: can anyone who actually *knows* (as opposed to just having a
> conspiracy theory) confirm or deny this?
>

They're Verizon-- they can do whatever they want whenever they want.

If you don't believe me, just ask them.....or carefully read your Customer
Agreement!!

X

David S <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> You, then, are implying that VZW *can* override the Emergency Only
> setting for GPS in my 4400.
>

They can override any "setting" you can see in the phones. This "control"
all came back when they forced PRL phones on us. Your phone talks on the
pilot channel to the company all the time, without your knowledge or
consent. GPS was forced on the phones by the GOVERNMENT! Read that BIG
BROTHER! Do you think they give a damn at FBI or Homeland Security or CIA
whether you like it or not? Do you live in a vacuum?!

The companies don't care where you are, just as long as it costs you MONEY.
The Government bureaucrats care where you are, what you do and what you
say. CIA spends billions (with a b) on monitoring communications every
year. Sure, they don't care about you...but, in order to get to the bad
guys, they're going to make all the phones allowed on the systems under
THEIR control...just like your landline has been forever.

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Larry

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 19:08:44 -0400, Larry <[email protected]> chose to add
this to the great equation of life, the universe, and everything:

>David S <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>> You, then, are implying that VZW *can* override the Emergency Only
>> setting for GPS in my 4400.
>
>They can override any "setting" you can see in the phones. This "control"
>all came back when they forced PRL phones on us. Your phone talks on the
>pilot channel to the company all the time, without your knowledge or
>consent. GPS was forced on the phones by the GOVERNMENT! Read that BIG
>BROTHER! Do you think they give a damn at FBI or Homeland Security or CIA
>whether you like it or not? Do you live in a vacuum?!
>
>The companies don't care where you are, just as long as it costs you MONEY.
>The Government bureaucrats care where you are, what you do and what you
>say. CIA spends billions (with a b) on monitoring communications every
>year. Sure, they don't care about you...but, in order to get to the bad
>guys, they're going to make all the phones allowed on the systems under
>THEIR control...just like your landline has been forever.

Even if I believed they could do all of this, either legally without a
warrant or without regard to legality (and in the last four years, I've
come closer to believing it than ever before), that's not what I'm asking.

My question is: Can they do it TECHNICALLY? Are they actually ABLE to
override the Emergency Only setting for GPS in my 4400?

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http://home.att.net/~dwstreeter
Remove the naughty bit from my address to reply
Expect a train on ANY track at ANY time.
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a chicken. Everyone wants to know why the boy came home. The chicken was
worn out. A chicken can only take so much travel." - H. Ross Perot, in a
speech on Texas school reform, 1984