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 fixermark on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @12:19PM (#17083601)

For communications technology: yes, that seems to be the norm.

Don't like the rules of the road, don't drive.

Don't like that your data goes over a third-party's network to get to its destination, don't put your data on a third-party's network.

Bans "by law" only work until the people making the law become people interested in your location and they change the law.

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by codedokode on Thursday May 17, 2018 @10:14AM (#17091353)

Doctors for example are not allowed to tell everyone about your health problems. I don't see why the same rules cannot work for telecoms.

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