The article asserts that the authors have verified that this practice currently exists when tested in the U.S. They do not make claims whether or not the compan

The article asserts that the authors have verified that this practice currently exists when tested in the U.S. They do not make claims whether or not the companies may be lying about whether this framework may exist in other countries. It's interesting enough that this framework exists at all in the U.S., and it's relevant worldwide because these mobile companies and their customers exist worldwide. And not just the mobile companies, but the middlemen who provide this location data. Zumigo [0], one of the companies mentioned, has an office based in India and counts Indian banks among its clients for its "first-of-its-kind global location and identity platform". [0] https://zumigo.com/zumigo-introduces-breakthrough-mobile-location-technology-for-securing-and-enabling-payment-transactions-in-india/ https://zumigo.com/zumigo-introduces-breakthrough-mobile-loc...