http://www.articlesofadvice.com en-us N/A aaron@trycm.com, aaron@articlesofadvice.com Fri, 18 May 2012 23:46:13 EDT 20 http://www.articlesofadvice.com/articles/1022/1/How-To-Use-GPS-to-Track-a-Cell-Phone/Page1.html our privacy. One of these ways is our ability to get
"lost" in the world. Not lost as in you have no idea where
the heck you are (although in the metaphysical sense who
really knows where they are), but lost as in being able to
disappear into the fabric of society. Today, almost
everyone in the country has a cell phone, and with GPS so
commonly available in cell phones, it is almost too easy
to track someone's movements and whereabouts.

Almost all new cell phones manufactured today have built in
GPS functionality. The GPS feature works automatically
whenever the cell phone is turned on. Most people have
their cellular phones turned on all the time so they can
receive calls so as a result, the cell phone will also have
it's GPS turned on as well. Even if the user only turns on
their cell phone for a few minutes at a time to make calls,
someone who has already set up that cell phone number to
track, will be able to get their whereabouts during that
time the phone is on.

So how can you track someone?

A GPS locator service allows you to physically locate any
GPS enabled cell phone that has been verified, which
requires you to have it in your physical possession at
least once. Once you have subscribed to that service, you
can log in and track their movements as they go about town.
Tracking them in this way is very similar to taking a GPS
tracking device, and installing it clandestinely in
someone's car. The cell phone approach is less obvious
because most people won't think of it as a device they can
be tracked with. You can actually give the person you want
to track a new phone, and most of the time, they won't be
the wiser that their movements are being tracked. The cell
phone can also be planted in their vehicle without their
knowledge, just like a GPS tracking device. If you know
how to connect the cell phone to the car battery, you don't
have to remove it from the vehicle every 2 or 3 days to
recharge it.

This raises huge privacy issues, and in some locations may
be illegal to do this, however it is currently difficult to
regulate this kind of activity. Many ex-husbands have been
caught tracking their ex-wives using this technique and as
a result, has raised many safety concerns. Most people are
not technologically savvy and would have a difficult time
knowing where to look for a hidden cell phone in their
vehicle. One woman became suspicious because her
ex-husband always knew her whereabouts and had her car
searched, where they did find a hidden GPS enabled cell
phone attached to her car.

It is very easy to track someone with a cell phone. Most
mobile phone companies will soon begin to offer these
tracking services as an add-on to their service plan. For
those that don't yet have it, you can use third party
locator services to use GPS to track cell phone. There are
a few third party services out there that may have the
features most trackers, both innocent and clandestine, are
looking for.
]]> no@spam.com (B Hopkins) Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:38:20 EDT http://www.articlesofadvice.com/articles/1022/1/How-To-Use-GPS-to-Track-a-Cell-Phone/Page1.html http://www.articlesofadvice.com/articles/304/1/Something-You-Probably-Didn039t-Know-About-What-Keeps-You-From-Reaching-Your-Goals/Page1.html their life has goals. The more focused and detailed the
goals, the more likely they will be achieved. Our goals
are like our destination in a trip, and the detailed game
plan is like the road map. With a known destination and a
known game plan, then why do some of us get derailed along
the way? What is it that stands between us and our goals?
We do everything the books say about writing down our
goals, but sometimes, we just don't make them. There are
other factors at play when it comes to reaching our goals.
Here is one that isn't commonly mentioned, yet determines
how successful we are in reaching our goals.]]> no@spam.com (B Hopkins) Tue, 29 Apr 2008 13:03:19 EDT http://www.articlesofadvice.com/articles/304/1/Something-You-Probably-Didn039t-Know-About-What-Keeps-You-From-Reaching-Your-Goals/Page1.html