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I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
On tracing a call: The call does not need to be actively going for the trace to work. As soon as it’s made, the call can be traced, whether it’s for 1 hours or 1 second.
fine_sandy_bottom@lemmy.federate.cc 2 weeks ago
There’s a lot of variables here though right?
Tracing a call in the 80s is a completely different proposition to doing so now.
Now it could be done instantly with a database query. Any delay would simply be convincing the telco to perform said query.