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Re:New York City to Consider Banning Sale of Cellphone Locat... by the_watcher on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @12:24PM (#20507940)
Yea, I really don't understand how T-Mobile (the Uncarrier!) hasn't figured out that they could just offer a $10 monthly credit in exchange for "opting in" and bask in the massive marketing windfall they could get from it.
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Re:New York City to Consider Banning Sale of Cellphone Locat... by UnFleshedOne on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @01:51PM (#20508700)
Wouldn't data of opt-in users only be less valuable to bounty hunters, since their targets would opt out much more than the other population?
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Re:New York City to Consider Banning Sale of Cellphone Locat... by the_watcher on Tuesday July 23, 2019 @04:09PM (#20509796)
It would depend on what percentage of the data revenue is purely going to bounty hunters (my guess: low). Also, my understanding is that most bounty hunters are basically doing collections, not chasing down hardened criminals.
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