[SmoothRunnings]

What's this I hear that Blackberry devices can be tracked even if the person turns off their phone?

I can see it being possible with amount of government agencies that use Blackberry devices out in the field.

A.

[NJBlackBerry]

Source or reference please?

[rambo47]

There have been rumors that the NSA can enable your phone speaker even when it's off, as long as the battery is in it. Personally, I think that's an Orwellian view of technology and just a bit over-paranoid.

With the right equipment, all cell phones can be tracked via some very hi-tech and expensive triangulation equipment, but it involves either specialized vehicles (several of them at once) or maybe satellites. This applies to ANY cell phone, not just BlackBerrys. The BlackBerry is no more trackable than your Nokia or Motorola.
Some BlackBerrys, like my Tour, have a GPS system that transmits your location, primarily for 911 calls and emergency services purposes. You can, however, disable this with a couple of keystrokes.

Now, having professed my views that you're not being constantly tracked via your BlackBerry, let me repeat my mantra:

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean people are NOT out to get you.

[usblues1965]

Just because you're paranoid, it doesn't mean people are NOT out to get you.



I knew it!!!!!!

[NJBlackBerry]

This equipment can be found in the Black Helicopters used by The Government to track your every move.

In Canada, too!

[usblues1965]

Originally Posted by NJBlackBerry

This equipment can be found in the Black Helicopters used by The Government to track your every move.

In Canada, too!

OMG! I've seen those!

*battery pull*

[NJBlackBerry]

You need to format your BlackBerry. Removing the battery doesn't hlpe.

Type

format bb: /s/p and see what happens.

[usblues1965]

Originally Posted by NJBlackBerry

You need to format your BlackBerry. Removing the battery doesn't hlpe.

Type

format bb: /s/p and see what happens.

format? where do I type this command? In desktop manager? some special place in my BB? What does formatting do for me? does it erase stuff so they can't see it?

[jsconyers]

I think the OP is referring to something like this:

YouTube - Tapping your cell phone

And AFAIK, this will not work on BlackBerry devices.

[usblues1965]

I hate not having sound on my comp at the office. I bet this just like those "locater" chips they put in pets. You are aware that those chips are fitted with tiny microphones so your conversatons can be listened to and recorded.

[oasissux]

Originally Posted by usblues1965

I hate not having sound on my comp at the office. I bet this just like those "locater" chips they put in pets. You are aware that those chips are fitted with tiny microphones so your conversatons can be listened to and recorded.

Lol.

Good thing my dog wears a tinfoil hat then, eh?

[usblues1965]

lol

[rambo47]

Originally Posted by usblues1965

I hate not having sound on my comp at the office. I bet this just like those "locater" chips they put in pets. You are aware that those chips are fitted with tiny microphones so your conversatons can be listened to and recorded.

Darn! My Shih-Tzu has one of those things, and just the other day I was telling her of my plans to topple the Obama administration. I'm screwed! All is lost!!

[usblues1965]

Originally Posted by rambo47

Darn! My Shih-Tzu has one of those things, and just the other day I was telling her of my plans to topple the Obama administration. I'm screwed! All is lost!!

That is why its soooo brilliant! No one would expect that type of technology in their pet!