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Originally Posted by jbuntz So are saying a tethered verizon blackberry (non-prepaid) is untraceable? | I'm saying for the purposes of stealth, it won't matter if it's prepaid or postpaid.
Now don't get me wrong... I'm not naive enough to think it's untraceable. Can Verizon trace you? Well.... go to whatismyipaddress.com, and geo locate yourself when using Verizon. Most of the time you'll end up in Kansas, no matter where you are in the USA.
The transfer of info goes something like... device>tower>lan connection>node>switch>server>somewhere else blah blah....
In the 1970s, the CIA picked up a druglord by circling around his town, listening for his voice on a cell phone, waited days... picked up his voice, sent a team to raid his apartment, found him.... blah blah
Now that was 40 some years ago. I'm not naive enough to say you can't be traced.... But what if we're on a family plan, and I'm using my blackberry tether for something of questionable legality, but it's in your name? There are limits to what a blackberry can do as a tether, just like a usb air card, mifi, or whatever. If you're worried about the authorities jbuntz... which I'm sure is what you're getting at.... I don't think it will make a bit of difference. They'll follow the money.
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