Carriers Swore They'd Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever?
Carriers Swore They'd Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever?
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 10, 20197m 7s
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Show Notes
Location data is some of the most sensitive, and sought after, information that smartphones generate. And wireless providers are in a unique position to access it all the time. But a Tuesday report from Motherboard shows that carriers don't protect this deeply private information as carefully as consumers might think—especially considering that Verizon, T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T all pledged to stop selling it months ago.
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