Question? The other night on the tv show Numbers, a stolen laptop was retrieved. It was

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

retrieved because it had GPS. One of the characters on the show said that as of 2005, GPS was standard on all models. Is this true?

[Roland99]

1. It's a TV show.

The answer is no if you're referring to any laptop made.

As for gov't-owned laptops, I don't know but that doesn't seem like something that would be in place.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

2. it wasn't a government owned laptop. I realize it's a tv show but it was made as such a statement

of fact. Cellphones all have GPS now, so laptops having them isn't all that far out of reach.

[Roland99]

3. Cellphones don't all have GPS, that's not how that works

Cellphones can be tracked to a certain location via triangulation techniques from different towers (measuring signal strength).

Newer phones can have GPS which will make it easier or more accurate to track, as long as it's on or the battery is still in place.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

4. I meant the newer phones and I believe they are under regulation to have GPS now. I have shut my GPS

off.

[Roland99]

5. Ah, yeah. Just be sure to answer your calls with this....

"Hello, you've reached the Al Qaeda Jihad Movement, Bush Must Die Division, how may I help you?



:rofl:

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

6. Cute! lol! eom

[flyarm]

7. NO WONDER THEY ALWAYS KNOW WHERE I AM!! TO DO THE CLICKS ON MY PHONES!!

fly

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

8. :::::hearing in my head Sting singing "Every move you make...." :::::: lol!!!

:hi: :hug:

[flyarm]

14. oh dang ..now i will be singing that all day long!!..while i look at my phone

and wonder who is listening...and how kinky i can get on my phone calls...lmao...


every move you make..eweeeee....


sending..:loveya:


fly

[LSK]

9. NO

I never heard of such a thing.

And it would kill the battery in about 3 hours.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

10. Thanks for your reply. eom

[CK_John]

11. They have builtin WiFi, which I think could be turned on. n/t

[Lurking Dem]

12. I think the ability is there

because you can install software to enable it as sort of a laptop lojack.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

13. I did a search and there a few mfg. that make them. Perhaps

they were referring to a brand that has it standard in all of their models.