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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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