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If you have T-Mobile, I recommend logging into your account and going to Profile > Privacy and Notifications > Advertising & Insights and disabling everything.
by dgllghr 8y ago
If you have T-Mobile, I recommend logging into your account and going to Profile > Privacy and Notifications > Advertising & Insights and disabling everything. Obviously, as a consumer I don't know exactly how this data is being collected, but if the the carriers are sharing individual level data, this is hopefully the opt-out.
EDIT: This is the text from one of the settings:
With your consent, T-Mobile, affiliates, and ad providers use your web browsing and app usage data along with advertising identifiers to deliver relevant mobile advertising and to learn more about your preferences. Advertising identifiers used can include Android and iOS Advertising IDs, browser mobile cookies, and device identifiers.
- CUViper 8y agoDirect link: https://my.t-mobile.com/profile/privacy_notifications/advertising https://my.t-mobile.com/profile/privacy_notifications/advert...
- 8_hours_ago 8y agoI have had those disabled on my T-Mobile account since I opened it a few years ago, but I was still able to get the location of my cell phone on https://www.locationsmart.com/try https://www.locationsmart.com/try If you find another place to opt-out, let me know...
- dabernathy89 8y agoVerizon has multiple information sharing settings you can disable as well. Log into your account and go to "My Profile" > "Privacy Settings".
- PhantomGremlin 8y agoMy setting have all been disabled for years. That didn't stop locationsmart.com from just now locating me down to a few hundred meters.