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 sizzle on Wednesday May 16, 2018 @11:33PM (#17088505)

Thanks for the tip. I've made a habit of turning off location services on Android once I'm done using navigation (Waze), do you know if this sufficiently blocks all background tracking for apps I've consented to allow GPS location tracking? Thanks.

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Re:US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone lo... by spacemanmatt on Thursday May 17, 2018 @07:57AM (#17090542)

Carrying a cell transmitter allows them to triangulate your position. It's not as awesome as GPS but it still meets a lot of needs.

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