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If you call 111 can they track your location using your mobile phone information?
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Soldato
I broke down a while back and this is how ping breakdown located me
Soldato
The Po Po are on their way.
No if you use a phone box.
just ask someone if you can quickly make a call, loads of people will say yes, ring 999 then give the phone back to them
Some businesses might even let you make a call if you can spin a good yarn.
I actually walked past a phone box the other day that showed it as ringing 999 on the screen, someone must have pressed it and done a runner, I could hear it saying your in a queue
Just tell them your a open reach engineer doing a telephony test and ask if the line is working fine.
Might be a good prank to change a druk friends phone contacts for mum, partner etc to 999, I wonder if phones let you do it.
just ask someone if you can quickly make a call, loads of people will say yes, ring 999 then give the phone back to them
Some businesses might even let you make a call if you can spin a good yarn.
I actually walked past a phone box the other day that showed it as ringing 999 on the screen, someone must have pressed it and done a runner, I could hear it saying your in a queue
Just tell them your a open reach engineer doing a telephony test and ask if the line is working fine.
Might be a good prank to change a druk friends phone contacts for mum, partner etc to 999, I wonder if phones let you do it.
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If you're in range of 3 or more cells, your location can be determined to under 100m, in a cell dense area - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking#Network-based
I don't know what the processes are for the police to access that data.
I don't know what the processes are for the police to access that data.
I just checked and there's a private company hiring who provide a regional service for 111.
£12 an hour and they provide all the training you need to do it. Only real requirement is C's and passing a DBS check.
The person answering your 111 call is not tracking anything. Maybe if you call in a bomb threat they'll call the police and the police will track you.
£12 an hour and they provide all the training you need to do it. Only real requirement is C's and passing a DBS check.
The person answering your 111 call is not tracking anything. Maybe if you call in a bomb threat they'll call the police and the police will track you.
You ok? Is there a reason you don't want them to know your location? Know a bit about this if you want to send a message.
Soldato
The same process as is used for all legal interception/tracking : plod rocks up at the operator’s premises with a warrant stating what phones they to track and what audio/data they want and the Legal Interception Team sets up that to arrive inside of special designated room where plod can see it.
What other agencies can access directly in the way of mobile phone data is one of those things that you probably have to sign The Official Secrets Act to know and hence wouldn’t put on an internet forum.
Thought for a second that was going to be an IT Crowd reference.
Because 999 is the official advertised number for the emergency services in the UK and the one everyone is taught. Other numbers are forwarded to 999 as a convenience.
Livetime cell site triangulation doesn't necessarily require a warrant, it usually falls under an IPA/RIPA authority.
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There’s on phone location (GPS), base station location triangulation, social media image location, and finally connection based location (ie if you’re using a WiFi or broadband).
As the emergency services aren’t bound by GDPR in the same way, there may be scenarios where they have the right to override your preference.
Funny enough I had to call 999 today. At a shopping centre an empty G4S van was sounding an alarm and a repeating instruction something like "G4S security in need of help. Call police".
Everyone one else just stood there looking at it. So I called 999. A woman asked if I was calling them, and when I said I was she replied "that's good because I wouldn't know who to call".
It turned out to be a false alarm and the security guy came back while I was on the phone, completely ignored me and got in the van.
It gobsmacked me that the woman didn't know how to call the police.
Everyone one else just stood there looking at it. So I called 999. A woman asked if I was calling them, and when I said I was she replied "that's good because I wouldn't know who to call".
It turned out to be a false alarm and the security guy came back while I was on the phone, completely ignored me and got in the van.
It gobsmacked me that the woman didn't know how to call the police.
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Man of Honour
We called 111 the other day and it asked if I was willing to provide my phones location and to press 1 if I wanted to. I then received a text immediately, which when clicking the link used my GPS. So unless you answer yes to the automated service and then follow the prompts, no they cannot.
I ended up feeling much better so didn't need to call them in the end. Thanks for asking though! It is useful information to know for the future though.
Just post if you need help with anything