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Re:Your mobile data sold, without your knowledge by surround on Sunday May 10, 2020 @11:35PM (#23138670)
...such as cell service providers. All of them (in the US, at least) sell your location and browsing data to advertisers.

I would happily pay for a provider that doesn’t triangulate my location 24/7, but none exist.

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Re:Your mobile data sold, without your knowledge by chris_va on Monday May 11, 2020 @12:44AM (#23138987)
(not defending their practices at all...)

They are required to for 911 support.

Obviously they are not required to keep the data, and especially not sell it.

(Minus maybe a sealed NSA directive, though that is pure speculation on my part)

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Re:Your mobile data sold, without your knowledge by eru on Monday May 11, 2020 @04:34AM (#23140048)
In the EU they are required to keep some data by law. No clue about the location data, though.
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Re:Your mobile data sold, without your knowledge by zeepzeep on Monday May 11, 2020 @08:09AM (#23141234)
Right? Seems like enough people are willing to pay for their privacy, the demand is there.
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