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Re:Brian Krebs Investigates Internet's Most Vicious Hackers–... by jorvi on Sunday December 08, 2024 @08:47AM (#42357111)
> but when every cellular carrier is eager to sell off your location data, that level of security is absolutely justified.

Before everyone gets scared: this is mostly a US thing.

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Re:Brian Krebs Investigates Internet's Most Vicious Hackers–... by nozzlegear on Sunday December 08, 2024 @04:20PM (#42360584)
> [...] any US cellphone’s location [...] I contacted US-CERT and Krebs [an American] to break the news

I know we all like to score free points by dunking on the US, but I'm pretty sure everyone understood that "this is mostly a US thing" already.

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Re:Brian Krebs Investigates Internet's Most Vicious Hackers–... by jszymborski on Sunday December 08, 2024 @07:57PM (#42362144)
I'll be honest, I just assumed it was everywhere. Is this also true of Canada?
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