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Re:Companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers an... by Tsubasachan on Monday December 10, 2018 @01:32PM (#18650053)
If carriers let outsiders buy cell tower data there is literally nothing you can do except switch on airplane mode.
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Re:Companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers an... by jamaicahest on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @03:00PM (#18658365)
What do you mean if: https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cell-carriers-selling-acces...
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Re:Companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers an... by chii on Monday December 10, 2018 @06:18PM (#18651980)
Or, complain to the local gov't/FCC/consumer ombudsman that carriers are selling this data without consent from the consumer. Embroil them in a PR nightmare. Make it costly.
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Re:Companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers an... by krageon on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @11:57AM (#18656665)
It doesn't need to come from the towers as we recently saw from the whole Qualcomm thing. There's not really any use burying a Chinese company in a "PR nightmare", because A. they don't care and B. if it becomes a real problem they will resurface with a different name. That being the case, you can of course fight here for a meaningless victory. I cannot imagine a reason to, however.
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Re:Companies use smartphone locations to help advertisers an... by Tsubasachan on Tuesday December 11, 2018 @05:59AM (#18654499)
Honestly do you expect that the US will ever embrace consumer rights?

Anyway I just get cynical when I see people talk about how evil Google is and how Apple protects privacy. Every company you do business with WILL sell of your personal data and that includes mobile operators, banks and ISPs. Until that is illegal the entire discussion about privacy is irrelevant and a sham.

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