Council Chronicle

Sunday, January 24, 2021
Log in
  • National News
  • Business & Economy
  • Technology
  • Science
  • Health
  • About CC
    • Our Team
    • Contact Us
    • Privacy Policy GDPR
    • Terms of Use

Pages

  • About Council Chronicle
  • Contact Us
  • Our Team
  • Privacy Policy GDPR
  • Terms of Use

Recent Posts

  • Former Wife of Prolific Arizona Serial Killer Speaks Up First Time after Scottsdale Suicide June 29, 2018
  • Indiana Couple Arrested After Authorities Discovered Cruel Punishment Device in Home June 28, 2018
  • Schizophrenic Oregon Man Who Was Seen Carrying His Mother’s Head Committed to Psychiatric Facility June 27, 2018
  • Texas Lawmen Looking for Four Suspect Who Tortured Child During Home Invasion June 27, 2018
  • Retirement Home Resident Reported Fake Fire to Draw In Firefighters and Shoot Them June 26, 2018
  • Arkansas Man Kills Wife, Sticks Body In Chest Freezer Before Committing Suicide June 26, 2018
  • West Virginia Man Arrested After He Tried to Baptize Family by Drowning Them in the Bathtub June 25, 2018

Phone-tracking Apps Mistakenly Redirect Users to Atlanta Couple’s Home

January 25, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

Email, RSS Follow
'phone-tracking apps'

Phone trackers for both Android and iOS devices have been erroneously redirecting users to a couple’s home in Atlanta.

Michael Saba and Christina Lee, a couple which has been living in an Atlanta home for more than one year, recently said that they get unexpected visits from people looking for their smartphones and even the police. Though experts do not yet know why exactly phone-tracking apps mistakenly redirect users to Atlanta couple’s home, there are some hypotheses.

The couple said that phone-tracking apps brought desperate Android and iOS users to their doorstep multiple times. Even law enforcement officers looking for missing persons paid them surprise visits.

Christina noted that most visits occurred later at night, after the couple had had dinner. Both Michael and Christina are concerned that the phone-finding apps might redirect some violent people over, who may not believe the awkward explanation.

Experts cautioned that phone-tracking apps are not 100 percent accurate, though the apps which allow users find their handsets online are quite handy.

Sadly for the couple, the visits are not always free of incidents. For instance, once the couple had to sit outside their house after cops paid them a visit, while in the last three weeks three men came to their house desperately looking for a missing child.

But things could get even worse, the couple believes. Michael doesn’t think that any polite explanation would do him and his partner justice if a violent or dangerous person happens to pass by.

A similar case occurred in 2011, when a home owner in Las Vegas reported a similar problem. That person said that he received visits from regular mobile phone users, police, and emergency crews trying to locate 911 calls from handsets.

These cases prove that phone trackers are not as reliable as one may think. People usually believe that the trackers cannot err because they rely on GPS technology. Still, experts explained that the GPS network is not available all the time. So, phone trackers resort to a small trick to find missing handsets.

But this trick, which is pretentiously called ‘triangulation,’ can lead to errors. Experts explained that during triangulation, a tracker tries to identify three nearest mobile phone base stations and draws an imaginary line between those points.

“[…] if your house is on that line you’ll get visits,”

said Alan Woodward, a cybersecurity professor at Surrey University, in the U.K.

Moreover, if triangulation is not available, phone trackers will look for the last wi-fi signal from the missing phone. But as wi-fi databases are not always up-to-date, the apps could indicate false sources for the signal.

Image Source: Wikimedia

Email, RSS Follow

Filed Under: Technology Tagged With: phone trackers, phone tracking apps, triangulation

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published.

Subscribe to Blog via Email

Enter your email address to subscribe to this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 18 other subscribers

Recent Articles

ethics in dictionary highlighted

NIH Will Examine Ethical Problems of One of Their Studies

March 27, 2018 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

biomutant character

Eleven-Minutes Long Biomutant Trailer Prepares You for Amazing Gameplay and Mechanics

August 26, 2017 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

intime alibaba

Intime May Be Acquired By Its Founder And Alibaba

January 11, 2017 By Jesse Skelton Leave a Comment

Newborn baby

A Woman Gave Birth to Baby After Fertilizing Frozen Ovary

December 16, 2016 By Lee Raulin Leave a Comment

Parkes radio telescope

Hunting Aliens with Parkes Radio Telescope

November 11, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

man suffering from election season stress

Stressed Out? Here Are 7 Ways to Get Rid of Election Season Stress

October 19, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

Disney World wants to prevent fraud.

Disney World prevents fraud by scanning children’s fingers

September 8, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

artificial intelligence

How will the Artificial Intelligence will affect our life by 2030?

September 3, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

opera sync

Opera Sync resets passwords after it was hacked

August 30, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

viping

Why are teens viping – flavours or nicotine?

August 26, 2016 By Dustin Smith Leave a Comment

sex abuse

Doctors in sex abuse cases return to work. What happens with their victims?

August 25, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

affection

Affection or food – which is more important for a dog?

August 19, 2016 By Adam Martin Leave a Comment

Chipotle restaurant

Chipotle to Open its First Burger Joint

July 30, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Chicken sandwich from Chick-fil-A

Chick-fil-A Rolls Out Protein-Packed Grill Breakfast Sandwich

July 20, 2016 By Ben Beckstrom Leave a Comment

Related Articles

  • wolf medallion

    The Witcher Enhanced Edition Free on GOG

    Jun 19, 2018
  • Skyrim

    You Can Actually Play Skyrim Very Special Edition on Your Amazon Echo

    Jun 14, 2018
  • Fortnite

    UK Child Sent to Rehab Because She Was Too Addicted to Fortnite

    Jun 12, 2018
  • Ambulance

    Detroit Woman Claims Samsung Phone Nearly Killed Her

    Jun 11, 2018
  • fallout shelter

    Influential US Stock Broker Probed in Death of Worker in Fallout Shelter Fire

    Jun 4, 2018
  • Witcher Enhanced Edition

    The Witcher Enhanced Edition Now Free on GOG

    Apr 30, 2018
  • Ion Maiden

    3D Realms Launches Duke Nukem 3D Inspired Ion Maiden

    Mar 1, 2018
  • Sea of Thieves

    Sea of Thieves Confirmed to Run on Potato Rigs

    Feb 14, 2018
  • Alien

    New Alien Game in the Making, FoxNext Announced

    Jan 19, 2018
  • Magnifying glass over Google's logo

    Google Publishes 2017’s Search Trends in a Special Compilation

    Dec 14, 2017

Categories

  • Breaking News
  • Business & Economy
  • Entertainment
  • Health
  • National News
  • Nature
  • Science
  • Technology
  • World News

Copyright © 2021 CouncilChronicle.com

About · Terms of Use · Privacy Policy · Contact

This website uses cookies to ensure you get the best experience on our website. Learn more.