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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by Erlich_Bachman on Sunday January 06, 2019 @03:14AM (#18837233)
They sell cell-tower data, not GPS data.

The article literally says "cell phone location data from nearby cell towers. It's less accurate than using GPS".

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Re:Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Ca... by staplers on Saturday January 19, 2019 @02:57AM (#18945905)
Read again.

"This includes cell tower and cell sector location, assisted GPS and cell tower trilateration."

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