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 twostoned on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:02PM (#17083442)

Based on the discussion in this thread doing such a thing seems relatively easy.

Obligatory Orwell:

“The most gifted of [the Proletariate], who might possibly become a nuclei of discontent, are simply marked down by the Thought Police and eliminated.”

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by noir_lord on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:15PM (#17083561)

Yep, that's on the simpler end of the spectrum, they can/could be far more insidious and subtle.

It's horrible but beyond supporting ORG, EFF and writing to my MP (I'm in the UK) not sure what else I can do, even if I protect myself from it my family and friends are still potentially fucked.

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by Jill_the_Pill on Friday May 18, 2018 @09:43AM (#17101357)

Advise everyone you know to keep their phones in foil potato chip bags?

https://www.thedailymeal.com/australian-man-fired-potato-chi...

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by Lionsion on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:51PM (#17085857)

> ORG

What's ORG?

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by noir_lord on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:53PM (#17085876)

https://www.openrightsgroup.org/

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by cryoshon on Thursday May 17, 2018 @09:41AM (#17091156)

show up to a protest. bring your family and friends.

encourage everyone to boycott american companies.

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by ende on Thursday May 17, 2018 @12:25PM (#17092765)

It’s not just American companies.

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