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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by Illniyar on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:16PM (#17083571)
How is it sending the data though? if it's using mobile plans, wouldn't it be noticeable on the data usage plan? (or is it that manufacturers have agreements with carriers to not charge for it?)
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by striking on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @04:35PM (#17086222)
> IZat location technologies use a network of cloud-based assistance servers that provide industry-leading location performance for any mobile device, on any network, in any environment.

https://www.qualcomm.com/products/izat

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by gowld on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @11:33PM (#17088506)
Location data is what, maybe 1kB per sample, including lots of overhead? 100 samples/day is 3MB/month. It's not going to affect your mobile data budget.
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by pbasista on Thursday May 17, 2018 @02:42AM (#17089301)
Some people do not have a mobile data plan. Using mobile data in such case would typically be rather expensive. Unexplained mobile data charges, however small, would raise questions.
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by yyx on Thursday May 17, 2018 @07:52AM (#17090506)
Can confirm. Chinaphone used mobile internet every day sending bytes. Tried using firewall, then butchered settings altogether.
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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by mehrdadn on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @03:49PM (#17085837)
This is my question too... nobody has explained this part.
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