Everyone knows Apple said they would never do that and that one time defied the FBI about it. Are you saying Tim Cook would just ~lie~ let a false impression stand ?
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betanumerus@lemmy.ca 4 weeks ago
This appears to show that smartphone makers (Apple, Google, etc.) are violating privacy agreements and selling our private data. Has anyone read their privacy agreements lately?
interdimensionalmeme@lemmy.ml 4 weeks ago
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
Privacy policies are irrelevant here. They are picking up unique data as your phone communicates with a cell tower. You can do it with a $15 RTL-SDR receiver.
Get a hundred receivers and you can pinpoint anybody in a city.
LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 weeks ago
Not just phone makers, but the telecom companies. Even if your phone shares no location data, it still checks in with a cell tower constantly. As you move around, so does your registration at a tower. It’s accurate to about 2 miles. Match that with your known home address or work address and your location is easily guessed
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 4 weeks ago
They don’t need the cooperation of telecom providers. They receive the same signal you send to the cell tower. Even if the signal is encrypted so they can’t see what you are sending, they can identify that you are sending.
With enough receivers listening, they can identify your location to a pretty high accuracy.