• betanumerus@lemmy.ca
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    10 hours ago

    This appears to suggest that smartphone makers (Apple, Google, etc.) are violating privacy agreements and selling user’s private data. Has anyone read their privacy agreements lately?

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      8 hours ago

      Not just phone makers, but the telecom companies. Even if your phone shares no location data, it still checks in with a cell tower constantly. As you move around, so does your registration at a tower. It’s accurate to about 2 miles. Match that with your known home address or work address and your location is easily guessed

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      9 hours ago

      Everyone knows Apple said they would never do that and that one time defied the FBI about it. Are you saying Tim Cook would just lie let a false impression stand ?

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      10 hours ago

      Anything that polls location data can record it and sell it, probably more apps that sell it than don’t.

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      9 hours ago

      Privacy policies are irrelevant here. They are picking up unique data as your phone communicates with a cell tower. You can do it with a $15 RTL-SDR receiver.

      Get a hundred receivers and you can pinpoint anybody in a city.