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Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's got to be at least one app on the person's phone that's reporting GPS info that is feeding information to the marketing com
by parvenu74 8y ago
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there's got to be at least one app on the person's phone that's reporting GPS info that is feeding information to the marketing company. Is the name of the app(s) mentioned?
- massel 8y agoUsually this is done in cahoots with the carrier - you’re typically buying the advertising from them. At least, that’s how it is here in Canada.
- gruez 8y agoi doubt it. do carriers really sell advertising directly to their clients? ie. does the company have a advertising division where you can spam SMS to their clients within a certain radius?
- massel 8y agoActually, yes. I was pitched by ad reps from the largest carrier - they claimed to be able to send an SMS when one of their customers enters a geofenced area.
- 0898 8y agoFacebook? Zip code is a targeting option in FB ads, unless I'm mistaken.
- pbhjpbhj 8y agoIn a population centre you can probably map to 50m accuracy or less based on the wifi networks one can see - can apps report back the specific networks? Isn't that kinda how Google's enhanced "location services" works?
- staplers 8y agoAll US cell networks sell your real-time location to anyone willing to pay for it. Including advertisers. Source: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17094213 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17094213
- jacquesm 8y ago'Google'.