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> ....you should discourage them from using Android. You should discourage them from carrying a portable radio transceiver, ie a cell phone, with them at all t
by module0000 9y ago
> ....you should discourage them from using Android.
You should discourage them from carrying a portable radio transceiver, ie a cell phone, with them at all times. You only know about this because you read it in the news - Android is not the only outfit doing this. Sending tower-data back home is a fundamental part of your cell phone's operation. Without that information, your carrier would have no idea which tower to route incoming data/calls to.
- scott_karana 9y agoWhat the hell happened to the principle of least privilege?! Yes, your carrier already has this information, and should be considered depending on the threat model you're concerned about. However, NO, this does not mean that other unrelated parties have any business with the data! The attack surface goes up exponentially with every additional data holder.