When do cellphones send out GPS position?

["Richard M. Smith" <rms () computerbytesman com>]

I have a Treo 650 with an option for sending out GPS location information
only on E-911 calls.  I contacted Verizon Wireless and asked them why the
option defaults to sending out GPS location on all calls.  After about a
week on checking around, their PR guy told me the switch does nothing!  He
claimed that all Verizon Wireless cellphones only have GPS enabled for E-911
calls.  

Richard  

-----Original Message-----
From: funsec-bounces () linuxbox org [mailto:funsec-bounces () linuxbox org] On
Behalf Of Valdis.Kletnieks () vt edu
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:46 PM
To: Jeff Rosowski
Cc: funsec () linuxbox org
Subject: Re: [funsec] FCC v Mom 

On Mon, 14 Nov 2005 10:27:03 PST, Jeff Rosowski said:
> > I have a recently retired LG VX4400 that had a menu with three GPS
> > choices: Always On, Always OFF or ON-for-911-calls.
> >
> > Having just replaced it with a new phone, I was not quite surprised 
> > to see no such menu.
>
> My Treo 600 has an option "Enable Location Privacy"

And besides giving you warm fuzzies, what does it *really* do? :)
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