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DHS Buying Moment-by-Moment Geolocation Cellphone Data to Track People
- dane-pgp 6y agoI wish mobile OSes provided an API for putting the phone into / out of Airplane Mode. It used to be available to unrooted Android phones until version 4.2.2 which broke some apps[0]. In theory it would then be possible for an app to take the phone out of Airplane Mode (to receive a call) when it received a specific ping over a different radio protocol, such as Wi-Fi or perhaps even FM. Also, I'm surprised that not giving users full control over when they broadcast their effective location to the mobile phone network isn't a GDPR violation. [0] https://apkpure.com/scheduled-airplane-mode-root/com.galaxy.scheduled_airplane_mode https://apkpure.com/scheduled-airplane-mode-root/com.galaxy....
- stevespang 6y ago90% of that cellphone data is Google based. . . so, Google is participating in this destruction of privacy, just another reason for trustbusting of Google.
- dane-pgp 6y agoWouldn't it make more sense to pass a law that said no company could participate in the destruction of privacy, rather than just stopping one big company?