Thank you, this is fantastic. I had no idea how things worked from the cell carrier's perspective. I never really believed that the cell network has GPS-accurac

Thank you, this is fantastic. I had no idea how things worked from the cell carrier's perspective. I never really believed that the cell network has GPS-accuracy location information for every device for every minute, but I also understand the feeling of not knowing where to start to look for the middle ground. I would throw Google, Apple, ShopperTrak (first result for in-store location analytics), etc. into the "far more afraid of [than] any state" bucket. I am of the impression that those are groups that, through the use of location services which most people with smartphones have enabled, can collect the sort of minute-by-minute, down to the meter, location information that is of value/a potential concern to privacy.