Ness net wrote:
> If a phone is powered off, Verizon cannot "turn your phone on".
>
> 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....

As someone else said, it is a softkey. The really shocking thing is
that they have a mode that will turn on the microphone of the phone and
it becomes a bug!

http://news.com.com/2100-1029_3-6140191.html