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> Many ISPs and telecom providers certainly do Do you have a list of them or source for this claim? (not that I'm disagreeing with you, but just want to see th
by Rjevski 8y ago
> Many ISPs and telecom providers certainly do
Do you have a list of them or source for this claim? (not that I'm disagreeing with you, but just want to see the full extent of the problem)
- mirimir 8y agoWe know that AT&T, Sprint and Verizon sold location data to numerous corporate entities. But T-Mobile has claimed that it didn't. "Verizon and AT&T will stop selling your phone’s location to data brokers" <https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/verizon-and-att-will-stop-selling-your-phones-location-to-data-brokers/> https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/06/verizon-and-att-... "Verizon and others call a conditional halt on sharing location with data brokers" <https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/19/verizon-stops-selling-customer-location-to-two-data-brokers-after-one-is-caught-leaking-it/> https://techcrunch.com/2018/06/19/verizon-stops-selling-cust... It's well known now that ISPs can monetize and sell customer data. For example, see https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/04/isps-can-now-collect-and-sell-your-data-what-know-internet-privacy/100015356/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/04/04/isps-can...