I hear ya, and I personally understand that that's the case, thus if just the "connection" of my antenna to the tower reveals information I personally don't care to share then the natural next question is: "can I toggle the antenna off on my own device except when I want to reveal my location, or is that beyond my control as long as the antenna has power?"

I personally don't know that I mind it, but some people do and that's the question that is either allowed by some spec or isn't.

edit: furthermore, just connecting to the towers at all would give approximate information, unless it's connecting to multiples wherein they can triangulate. the other question would be "can I compromise and force my antenna into 'one tower at a time' mode" via some spec. Would I then affect my ability to do tower handoffs upon movement without having multiple tower connections? If so, do I care that my antenna is forced into single tower "approximate location" mode with drops upon new tower acquisition or not? What spec controls that and can I control it via root access to my device? See what I mean?