I don't know if this is too off-topic but I have been wondering for a while, would it be technically possible to receive calls on a cell phone, without your location being made known?
Obviously the nearest cell towers would need to know your position, but would those same cell towers need to know who you were?
This is something my brain hasn't been able to work out yet, but I'm sure someone could.
Probably this would have to be an encrypted voip call over a data line... or something.
If your asking what I think your asking, some phones have an option to turn on or off a 911 locator or gps monitoring, making the phone somewhat untraceable.
But wouldn't the cell towers still be able to triangulate your position?
Use case:
I'd like to be able to reached by phone anywhere I am, without anyone at all (cellphone company, government, etc) actually knowing where I am.
At the moment if I don't want my location tracked, my only option is to turn off my cell phone.
It's like some kind of reverse vpn service but for voice, not internet.