gps hidden from user

thephantom · Post by **thephantom** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 3:37 pm

can the service be hidden from the person using the phone? so they do not know they r being tracked....and which phone is best suited for this purpose...that works now...

Skibum · Post by **Skibum** » Sat Aug 28, 2004 4:43 pm

I don't think that anything can be hidden from the phones user. You can set the application to autostart when the phone is powered, but the user is gonna know.

Possibly the non-java tracking that NEXTEL offers would work in this manner, but I don't know one way or the other.

thephantom23 · Post by **thephantom23** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:02 pm

seems like a complete waste if it cant run hidden in the background!!!! Am I the only one that thinks this way??? this is key option to this device...
or /lack there of

Skibum · Post by **Skibum** » Thu Sep 02, 2004 9:09 pm

The application will run in the background just fine. In fact there is a menu item just for this. However, that is not what you asked. You wanted something hidden from the user, which currently is a limitation of the phone, and not the software.

Who is it that you want to not know that they are being tracked?

user4 · Post by **user4** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:08 am

I want to track my teenagers without them knowing and I have presonal and valid reasons for doing so. Now, is there a way to disable any tracking notifications on the phone? Can they be tracked without being aware that they are?

Skibum · Post by **Skibum** » Thu Oct 14, 2004 7:14 am

The validity of your reason does not change the reasons that you cant have Accutracking completely discreet.

IMHO They would probably find out anyhow.... Kids are smart.

You can autostart the application when the phone is turned ON. Why not just threaten the kids that if the tracking is turned off, there will be repercussions?

rutgersgrp · Post by **rutgersgrp** » Sat Oct 16, 2004 5:42 pm

Another use would be company phones. The hidden tracking should be added to company phones. The inability to add this feature for the owner of the phone (company) rather than the user (empoyee) is severe.

mrberrie10 · Post by **mrberrie10** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 12:01 pm

If you could name the application something different for those of us who want to be incognito that would also help. Maybe instead of calling it accutracking you could call it Account Monitoring System. Then if they happen upon it you can tell them to not mess around there because it could result in higher phone changes if they accidently changed something. I did it and it worked. I told them that accutracking was acutally an Account Tracking System. They now don't bother it (turn it off) because they don't want their changes to be any higher than they are going to be from phone calls. Just a thought!

yz 250 · Post by **yz 250** » Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:23 pm

How can the acutrack be turned off. or on when you want it to and off when needed ? thanks

Wondering · Post by **Wondering** » Fri Oct 07, 2005 11:34 am

What phone can be use I have a motorola and with alltel. And would I need Online? Thanks for any input or for someone that is tracking spouses/boy or girlfriends. Thanks.

madrabbitt · Post by **madrabbitt** » Tue Oct 11, 2005 7:47 pm

elsewhere i discussed things from a company standpoint, while i cant say anything from a parent standpoint, since i'm not a parent (yet), i can say from past experance as a teenager, that
1. when it comes to technology the kid will have the upper hand, period.
2. anything that signals to a kid that there is a lack of trust, will undermine any trust you espect to have with them.

Its always better to have your actions out in the open and allow for them to know and understand the reasons for them, then to try and be covert and slowly erode the trust you're trying to impress upon them.

as for the final question, it states quite clearly that this works on iDen phones (nextel/slinc in the states) only

Nannycam · Post by **Nannycam** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 12:02 am

Can't you just run the tracking function in bckgrnd and tell the phone's user not to shut the thing off? That would hide the function from them, basically, no?

madrabbitt · Post by **madrabbitt** » Tue Nov 08, 2005 2:12 am

exactly. there has to be an incentive for not turning it off, but its better for them to nkow about it then anything else.

ariolauno · Post by **ariolauno** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 2:28 am

If you require a reasonably 'stealth' solution then NEXTEL MOBILE LOCATOR is the solution. When you decide you need to check up on your child... youlog on to the nextel website, select MOBILE LOCATOR, and it will tell you on a map where they are. The cost is $15 per month and works pretty well... but is manual query... you have to invoke it when you want to know .. it will not track automatically.

madrabbitt · Post by **madrabbitt** » Wed Dec 07, 2005 3:42 am

hmm. 15 bucks a month to manually find out what cellsite (read the fine print, at best, it locates the unit to about 3 miles) my phone may be close to, or free to track where i am every 2 minutes.

AccuTracking

gps hidden from user

gps hidden from user

cant hide from user??!!

phantom's request

Company phone

Accutracking Incognito

Tracking Spouses

Can't you just run in bckgrnd and tell user not to shut off?

Tracking without user knowing.