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Re:India reviews always-on A-GPS tracking plan for phones by hereme888 on Sunday December 07, 2025 @10:28PM (#46187966)
"ICEA, which represents Apple and Google in India, warned in a confidential letter that forcing device-level tracking via A‑GPS would be a regulatory overreach and has no equivalent precedent in other countries."

So your theory would have to mean their national Telcos would benefit financially, but not Apple or Google.

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Re:India reviews always-on A-GPS tracking plan for phones by JSR_FDED on Sunday December 07, 2025 @11:55PM (#46188518)
Exactly - the device makers don’t want this, but the telecoms operators do - supposedly for the law enforcement benefits. I’m saying it’s more likely the operators can make money selling high-resolution location data than that they’re concerned with catching criminals.
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Re:India reviews always-on A-GPS tracking plan for phones by hereme888 on Monday December 08, 2025 @02:59AM (#46189598)
Ah, I see what you're saying.
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