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Re:Apple: Android is a tracking device [pdf] by m-p-3 on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:38AM (#38128561)
Your carrier can follow your location by triangulating your position from your SIM ID.
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Re:Apple: Android is a tracking device [pdf] by fsflover on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:39AM (#38128570)
Only if the modem hardware kill switch is on. I can always make sure I'm not tracked whenever I need it.
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Re:Apple: Android is a tracking device [pdf] by colinsane on Friday November 03, 2023 @09:56AM (#38128821)
plus as anyone doing navigation with these open source phones knows, 3gpp location is embarrassingly low resolution without a supplemental source like WiFi SSID visibility, which has to be measured client-side. plus cell networks are asymmetric (SNR is higher from tower -> cell than from cell -> tower) so all else equal triangulation on the tower side should be even lower resolution.
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