Your Phone's Location Access Reveals a Lot. Here's How to Turn It Off.
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My phone is just a microcomputer that does what it's programmed to
do. It's not my phone that is selling my location data - it is my
phone *COMPANY* that is doing it.
On 7/18/2022 3:18 AM, Bill Horne wrote:
Your Phone's Location Access Reveals a Lot. Here's How to Turn It Off.
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***** Moderator's Note *****
My phone is just a microcomputer that does what it's programmed to
do. It's not my phone that is selling my location data - it is my
phone *COMPANY* that is doing it.
Not necessarily. While the phone company does know where you are, at
least down to the which-cell level. the phone itself has GPS (required
for E911 location purposes, though you sometimes wonder if the people
behind such rules had other interests in mind), and apps can be given permission to access it. Then the app itself can communicate with its servers. The carrier has nothing to do with it. You can, however, go
into the app permissions settings in Android and see which apps have
Location permission, and when (all the time, or only when using it, for instance).
On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 09:11:41AM -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote:
Not necessarily. While the phone company does know where you are, at
least down to the which-cell level. the phone itself has GPS (required
for E911 location purposes, though you sometimes wonder if the people
behind such rules had other interests in mind), and apps can be given
permission to access it. Then the app itself can communicate with its
servers. The carrier has nothing to do with it. You can, however, go
into the app permissions settings in Android and see which apps have
Location permission, and when (all the time, or only when using it, for
instance).
Sorry, I don't buy it. The Olympians heights of the phone company PR
flacks probably resound with oh-so-comforting denials, but I think
they're lying through their teeth.
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