Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite Users Opting Out

Re:Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite U... by EMM_386 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:44AM (#26661084)

> When a SIM is inserted, both iOS and Google Android send details to Apple/Google. iOS sends the MAC addresses of nearby devices, e.g. other handsets and the home gateway, to Apple, together with their GPS location.

I guess it will be much easier for law enforcement to just get the data from Apple/Google instead of the telcos. Not only would you get the exact GPS location of the device you are interested in, but you can get all the nearby devices too.

This seems much more accurate then the old way of triangulating from cell towers.

Edit: If this is only referring to the moment the SIM card is inserted, and not with any repeated/real-time updates, this would not be useful.

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Re:Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite U... by boston_clone on Thursday April 01, 2021 @10:59AM (#26661257)

While collecting this data still deserves suspicion, the number of times I’ve inserted a SIM card on my new phone is zero. It was done, once, by the carrier rep when I originally bought it. I’m still wondering how that would be useful to LE, or even Apple.

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Re:Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite U... by AnssiH on Thursday April 01, 2021 @11:19AM (#26661535)

Interesting. The number of times someone else inserted a SIM card in my phone is zero, even when the phone was bought from my carrier at a physical location (they just give me the phone in a retail box, same as any regular retailer would).

Practices vary regionally, I guess.

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Re:Apple, Google Both Track Mobile Telemetry Data, Despite U... by m463 on Thursday April 01, 2021 @12:12PM (#26662423)

You cannot do anything with an iphone without activating it by contacting apple..

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