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Re:Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plan... by dudus on Friday January 31, 2020 @09:31PM (#22208189)
They were once caught doing that, which caused a shit show. It doesn't mean they are currently doing that. Maybe they are, I don't know, and neither does you, asserting that they do it only spreads panic and misinformation
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Re:Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plan... by bitexploder on Friday January 31, 2020 @11:11PM (#22208599)
Why would they ever stop? No one made them stop. They were cleared to operate under that legal theory. Go back and review the exhaustive testimony from that period and you will find they were never forced to stop collecting “potentially” domestic communications. I think its best to assume they are.

Edit: start with Hayden. They admitted exactly how it all works and what the judges allowed. Read up on the many EFF lawsuits that were shut down.

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