Re:Verizon, AT&T and Sprint to Limit Sales of Cellphone Loca...
by reaperducer on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @11:39AM
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Good information, but useless for what we're talking about here.
The location data that the cell phone companies are selling is gathered by the cell towers for the fundamental operation of the system. It doesn't come from GPS.
Rule of thumb: If you're emitting a signal (wifi, cell, bluetooth, smoke, etc...) you can be tracked. How accurately only depends on the number of receivers.
The location data that the cell phone companies are selling is gathered by the cell towers for the fundamental operation of the system. It doesn't come from GPS.
Rule of thumb: If you're emitting a signal (wifi, cell, bluetooth, smoke, etc...) you can be tracked. How accurately only depends on the number of receivers.