Re: RCS is not more private and secure than texting according to the FBI

AJL <noemail@none.com> wrote:

On 12/27/24 8:00 AM, badgolferman wrote:
 

Then there is the
lingering notion that the cellular provider will always know who and where
you are once you use their towers for a phone call or any data related
activity.

 
You don't even have to make a call or use data. Just have service. I can
 locate the wife's iPhone using most any device's browser. For example I can
 do it with this Amazon Fire tablet's browser in an emergency like when
 she's late bringing home lunch...

  In that scenario, perhaps *you* don't use any (mobile) data, but *she*
does/did. Her location is not determined by cell/tower pinging, but by
her iPhone using the (mobile) Internet to supply her location.

  But as badgolferman mentioned, the mobile *provider* -  and hence law
enforcement, etc. - will/can know the location of any phone which is in
range and not in Airplane mode, even if the phone does not make/receive
a voice call.