Cheap online mobile phone locator.. adapted for car security?

Yellow_Festiva · 07-07-2008, 03:59 PM

I have found that the whereis site offers a service that 'locates lost phones' as well as 'Find a friend'

http://everyone.whereis.com/

So basically, if you have a Telstra phone, and pre register (free) for the service you can use these search features for 50 cents a pop!

Now, thinking outside the square, I wonder how hard it would be to hide a Cheap prepaid Telstra phone that is hard wired with a car charger and left on silent??

You can elect to have whatever long term plan is avaialble (I use a $50 Prepaid Telstra phone for my business, and $30 lasts 2 years).

The fine print also mentions that a AGPS phone is correct to 50 metres!

Hmmm If I had an expensive car I know what I would be tinkering with next weekend.

Cheers!

kocho · 07-07-2008, 04:07 PM

This could be a very effective stalking tool aswell. :togo:

4Vman · 07-07-2008, 04:09 PM

Looks like a scam to me...... quite apart from infringement of privacy laws..

**DJM83** · 07-07-2008, 04:12 PM

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Originally Posted by 4Vman

Looks like a scam to me...... quite apart from infringement of privacy laws..

Looks to be legit, it was on the radio the other day they were testing it out.

4Vman · 07-07-2008, 04:24 PM

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Originally Posted by 51RTE

Looks to be legit, it was on the radio the other day they were testing it out.

If it is legit i can see a whole host of law suits coming from it... and Telstra loosing business, including mine..

dom_105 · 07-07-2008, 04:27 PM

Signed up to it to give it a shot.

It's not too bad, it was about 2kms off, but I live on the outskirts of the city so there are probably not too many towers for it to "triangulate"

Yellow_Festiva · 07-07-2008, 04:27 PM

Um... to 'track' anyone it needs to be set up and registered. To do that, the person being tracked needs to agree to it.

You don't just enter a random number and start tracking. In any case, if used for what I suggested you would be tracking.. well your own phone.

Read a bit more before talking about law suits and scams. I'm sure this is 100% legal.

4Vman · 07-07-2008, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Um... to 'track' anyone it needs to be set up and registered. To do that, the person being tracked needs to agree to it.

You don't just enter a random number and start tracking. In any case, if used for what I suggested you would be tracking.. well your own phone.

Ok, that makes more sense..

dom_105 · 07-07-2008, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

Um... to 'track' anyone it needs to be set up and registered. To do that, the person being tracked needs to agree to it.

You don't just enter a random number and start tracking. In any case, if used for what I suggested you would be tracking.. well your own phone.

Read a bit more before talking about law suits and scams. I'm sure this is 100% legal.

Yeah that's it.

You punch in the requested number into the website, and Whereis/Telstra will send that phone a registration number through SMS. Whoever is on that phone has to reply to that message with that particular number to enable the phone to be tracked.