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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by ramphastidae on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:44AM (#17082787)
If your goal is to simply avoid your location being sold by your carrier for marketing purposes, an intermediary seems a little excessive, no? Unless you have reason to believe that your local pharmacy or cell shop is selling facial recognition data as well ...
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by pacala on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @11:12AM (#17083035)
Selling facial recognition data is the next big revenue stream. There is a reason the Googles of the world are gushing over installing internet connected surveillance cameras on every block [0].

[0] https://nest.com/cameras/

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