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Re:FCC fines largest wireless carriers for sharing location ... by xnyan on Monday April 29, 2024 @05:27PM (#40204339)
According to AT&T, yes they can get your GPS location. In this article they claim they only do so when the user is making a 911 call, to which I say “yeah right”.

https://www.theverge.com/2022/5/10/23065777/att-route-911-ca...

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Re:FCC fines largest wireless carriers for sharing location ... by chatmasta on Monday April 29, 2024 @06:56PM (#40205124)
How does this work? I assumed it was tower triangulation, but the article makes it sound like it really is using GPS location.

Does the SIM card have a program that somehow can access the GPS sensor via the baseband processor?

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Re:FCC fines largest wireless carriers for sharing location ... by xnyan on Monday April 29, 2024 @10:35PM (#40206683)
Not a clue, but according to AT&T in the article below "It is already present in all Apple and Android smartphones. An AT&T spokesperson told Fierce via email, "There is no need to deploy anything new for smartphones." I'd be interested if anyone knew how they're doing it.

https://www.fierce-network.com/wireless/att-rolls-out-gps-ba...

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Re:FCC fines largest wireless carriers for sharing location ... by heilhippo on Wednesday May 01, 2024 @03:27AM (#40220472)
https://www.emnify.com/developer-blog/at-commands-for-cellul...
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