Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Time Location Data

Re:Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Tim... by drawnwren on Thursday April 25, 2019 @01:14AM (#19745205)

That's patently false. It's in that giant ToS that you didn't read and did sign. Here's where it is in T-Mobile's ToS [1]. You're looking for either, "To identify and suggest products or services that might interest you; To make internal business decisions about current and future product and service offerings; To provide you customized user experiences, including personalized product and service offerings;" or "If your device is turned on, our network is collecting data about the device location. We may use, provide access to, or disclose this network location data without your approval to provide and support our services, including to route wireless communications, operate and improve our network and business,"

1 - https://www.t-mobile.com/responsibility/privacy/privacy-poli...

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Re:Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Tim... by cyphar on Thursday April 25, 2019 @02:46AM (#19745629)

It should be noted that, in the context of a phone where you have to click "Agree" in order to use it, you could argue the ToS is effectively a EULA.

And the enforceability of EULAs is a fairly complicated topic, it's not as cut-and-dry as "you signed it".

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Re:Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Tim... by lotsofpulp on Thursday April 25, 2019 @06:08AM (#19746561)

I think the bigger issue is that there are only 4 mobile networks and if none of them offer an option for privacy, then you're not really "choosing" anything since having access to the mobile network is integral to modern life.

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Re:Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Tim... by pdonis on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:42AM (#19754903)

None of these things equate to "collected and sold on third-party exchanges".

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Re:Massachusetts Court Blocks Warrantless Access to Real-Tim... by drawnwren on Friday April 26, 2019 @12:50PM (#19759461)

I'm unsure if you're being disingenuous or legitimately don't understand the wording.

"To identify and suggest products or services that might interest you" -- means your data can be shared or sold to be used in advertising models.

"To provide you customized user experiences, including personalized product and service offerings;" -- same

"We may ... provide access to, or disclose ... location data without your approval to ... operate and improve ... our business," ellipses added so you can see it literally says we can give your data away for money.

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