Moderator
07-25-2007, 05:34 PM
Hi All! I just received this e-mail from a friend, and I was unaware of this important cell phone feature so I thought I'd share. Please read:
Consider this a public service announcement especially for those who travel
frequently or have children out and about in case you weren't aware of this
cell phone feature. After I was sent this I changed all the cell phones in
our household as none were set to 'location on' as the default.
You may remember that a young woman was recently abducted from a Target
parking lot in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City. Her body was
discovered many miles away in Missouri. They were able to locate her by the
sequence of cell phone towers that picked up her cell phone location. She had
not attempted to dial out, but when her family was trying to call her the
towers could sense her phone. Sadly, the authorities were not able to reach
her in time. However, they were able to locate her body which was in an area
where they never would have searched without the cell phone tower
information.
The cell phone "locator" can be either set on "E911" in which case you must
dial out to be located, or it can be set to be on all the time - "location
on". There is no negative consequence (like higher battery use) from having
it on all the time. With it on all the time you can be located by emergency
services through the police if you fail to respond (sick, injured, or worse).
I think this is worth passing it on.
You can find "location" either under "Settings" then "Location" or "Tools"
then "System" then "Location" and it will give you the option of 911 or
Location on.
Consider this a public service announcement especially for those who travel
frequently or have children out and about in case you weren't aware of this
cell phone feature. After I was sent this I changed all the cell phones in
our household as none were set to 'location on' as the default.
You may remember that a young woman was recently abducted from a Target
parking lot in Overland Park, a suburb of Kansas City. Her body was
discovered many miles away in Missouri. They were able to locate her by the
sequence of cell phone towers that picked up her cell phone location. She had
not attempted to dial out, but when her family was trying to call her the
towers could sense her phone. Sadly, the authorities were not able to reach
her in time. However, they were able to locate her body which was in an area
where they never would have searched without the cell phone tower
information.
The cell phone "locator" can be either set on "E911" in which case you must
dial out to be located, or it can be set to be on all the time - "location
on". There is no negative consequence (like higher battery use) from having
it on all the time. With it on all the time you can be located by emergency
services through the police if you fail to respond (sick, injured, or worse).
I think this is worth passing it on.
You can find "location" either under "Settings" then "Location" or "Tools"
then "System" then "Location" and it will give you the option of 911 or
Location on.