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Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by wlesieutre on Saturday May 26, 2018 @06:08PM (#17164506)
FWIW the Kerbs article makes no mention of GPS, only nearby cell towers

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2018/05/tracking-firm-locationsm...

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Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by mehrdadn on Saturday May 26, 2018 @10:52PM (#17165224)
That person was clearly claiming to have 'insider' information. I'm not sure why one would expect Krebs to have been privy to the same information.
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Re:Why Is Location Data No Longer Private? by mentat on Saturday May 26, 2018 @09:56PM (#17165101)
It does AGPS, pointed to where exactly I was in my house.
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