Ness net wrote:
> If a phone is powered off, Verizon cannot "turn your phone on".
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> It's physically powered OFF.
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> Called a power button son...
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> "birder" <birder@outdoorbird.com> wrote in message news:fEBeh.12$pc2.8@newsfe02.lga...
>> Are we paranoid or what...By the way, Verizon etc can turn your phone on at anytime and get your signal ... can be
>> done under Federal requirement of DOJ.
>> Sleep tight .. the Patriot Act has you protected....
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But its not really a power button in the sense that it physically
disconnects the power. Its really a "soft" button. The only true way to
totally turn off a phone would be to remove the battery pack.