# can you?

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you/22340
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [December 30, 2006, 2:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you/22340 "2006-12-30T14:11:03Z")
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### Author: ![FightinMike](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/7bcc69/32.png) [@FightinMike](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/FightinMike)
#### Post date: [December 30, 2006, 2:28pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/can-you/22340/3 "2006-12-30T14:28:20Z")

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> [@Xander](#):
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> I’m pretty sure the wireless provider can, or perhaps the cops, but to hack into that has to be pretty tough. Also **I’m guessing only when you are calling can they track you**. So don’t leave your cell on if you are being chased by the cops. 😛
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> X…

not true. Every phone pings various towers at intervals, thats how it know what the signal strength is. AND most newer phones have GPS on almost all of the time, AND many newer phones have a kind of lojack that kicks in whenever 911 is dialed. So, yes, it is possible to track a phone as long as it is on and has signal, but no you cant without a court order. Unless its an emergency and 911 has been called.

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