US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data

Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by kevcampb on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @10:57AM (#17082900)

Can you post the SMS opt-in message you received? Curious as to whether this is exploitable as well

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by johnpowell on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @11:49AM (#17083346)

LocationSmart: Reply YES or YES LS to confirm consent for cloud location & messaging demo. Reply HELP for help, Reply STOP to cancel. Msg&Data Rates may apply.

That is what I was sent.

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by kevcampb on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @11:00AM (#17082934)

I'm betting the opt-in is something along these lines

"FirstName LastName wants to obtain your location..."

Also betting that you can put 160 characters into those fields, so effectively a blank SMS is received

Betting further still that you can just spoof the SMS reply

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