Comment on ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day
LordCrom@lemmy.world 4 weeks agoNot 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 3 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.