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Regardless of all of that, your phone provider is selling your location data derived from triangulated cell tower positioning. https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024
by kingnothing 2y ago
Regardless of all of that, your phone provider is selling your location data derived from triangulated cell tower positioning.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/fcc-fines-major-u-s-wireless-carriers-for-selling-customer-location-data/ https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/04/fcc-fines-major-u-s-wire...
- aunty_helen 2y agoI don’t see enough talk about this. I thought someone would have hacked up a solution to this by now.
- pwagland 2y agoBut a solution is basically not possible, short of running your own cellular network. By definition the the carrier has to know where to send the data that your handset wants, and once they know which tower you are going out of, they know your location to within a small degree.
- Karawebnetwork 2y agoNo SIM card in your main phone (now only a "pocket computer"), burner phone for calls.
- threecheese 2y agoHow does this work for eSIM?
- toomuchtodo 2y agoAmerican Privacy Rights Act of 2024 is a potential solution. https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2024/4/committee-chairs-cantwell-mcmorris-rodgers-unveil-historic-draft-comprehensive-data-privacy-legislation https://www.commerce.senate.gov/2024/4/committee-chairs-cant... https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/3F5EEA76-5B18-4B40-ABD9-F2F681AA965F https://www.commerce.senate.gov/services/files/3F5EEA76-5B18...
- averageRoyalty 2y agoFor Americans in America, maybe. Hardly a solution for most people though.
- fsflover 2y agoHave a loot at Purism AweSIM service.
- spr-alex 2y agoAlso see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simjacker https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simjacker which was being exploited by bounty hunters and all kinds of adversaries