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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by komali2 on Thursday December 12, 2019 @07:30PM (#21778050)
Why phone number? My phone number has no association with my google account lol. I swap sims and phone numbers on a whim. My email address is the most constant thing about me.
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Re:Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprecedented ... by 867-5309 on Friday December 13, 2019 @04:08AM (#21780174)
it's not about linking you to a specific google account, it's about personally identifying you with a unique phone number at any given time
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