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- Mobile customer location data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 239 comments
Lobsters
- I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 2 comments privacy
- "Whereas it’s common knowledge that law enforcement agencies can track phones with a warrant... at least one company... is selling phone geolocation services... to... private industries, ranging from car salesmen and property managers to bail bondsmen and bounty hunters" https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 7 comments privacy
- I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 8 comments apple
- I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone: T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T are selling access to their customers’ location data, and that data is ending up in the hands of bounty hunters and others not authorized to possess it, letting them track most phones in the country. https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 3 comments technology
- I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 14 comments politics
- Got a smartphone? Anyone can find your location for $12.95. https://motherboard.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 3 comments technology
- AT&TT-MOBILESPRINT selling customer real-time location https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 8 comments worldnews
- I Gave a Bounty Hunter $300. Then He Located Our Phone https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/nepxbz/i-gave-a-bounty-hunter-300-dollars-located-phone-microbilt-zumigo-tmobile 3 comments privacy
Linking pages
- Despite promises to stop, US cell carriers are still selling your real-time phone location data | TechCrunch https://techcrunch.com/2019/01/09/us-cell-carriers-still-selling-your-location-data/ 709 comments
- Selling 911 location data is illegal—US carriers reportedly did it anyway | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/02/att-t-mobile-sprint-reportedly-broke-us-law-by-selling-911-location-data/ 328 comments
- Steve Bannon used location targeting to reach Catholics - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/7/19/20700866/steve-bannon-location-data-carriers-tmobile-att-verizon 246 comments
- Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html 235 comments
- AT&T says it’ll stop selling your location data, amid calls for a federal investigation - The Washington Post https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/01/10/phone-companies-are-selling-your-location-data-now-some-lawmakers-want-federal-investigation/ 111 comments
- Ajit Pai locks horns with Congress over location-tracking report - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/14/18182797/phone-carrier-location-tracking-ajit-pai-congress-pallone-fcc 101 comments
- Mozilla on Net Neutrality: The US Needs an Internet Without Gatekeepers | Digital Trends https://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/mozillas-coo-calls-on-congress-to-restore-2015-net-neutrality-protections/ 95 comments
- Opinion | Why It’s So Easy for a Bounty Hunter to Find You - The New York Times https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/02/opinion/fcc-wireless-regulation.html 86 comments
- Carriers can sell your location to bounty hunters because ISP privacy is broken - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/8/18174024/att-sprint-t-mobile-scandal-phone-location-tracking-black-market-bounty-hunters-privacy-securus 65 comments
- Ajit Pai gives carriers free pass on privacy violations during FCC shutdown | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/ajit-pai-gives-carriers-free-pass-on-privacy-violations-during-fcc-shutdown/ 48 comments
- 15 senators demand FCC, FTC investigate carriers selling location data - CNET https://www.cnet.com/news/15-senators-demand-fcc-ftc-investigate-carriers-selling-location-data/ 27 comments
- Fight for the Future - 20,000+ people demand a federal investigation into the sale of users’ real-time location data by cell phone providers https://www.fightforthefuture.org/news/2019-01-24-20000-people-demand-federal-investigation-into/ 25 comments
- T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T still selling your location data, report says | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/t-mobile-sprint-and-att-still-selling-your-location-data-report-says/ 25 comments
- DuckDuckGo will use Apple Maps for local searches on the web - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/15/18183653/duckduckgo-apple-maps-local-search-mapkit-js-web 24 comments
- Carriers Swore They'd Stop Selling Location Data. Will They Ever? | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/carriers-sell-location-data-third-parties-privacy/ 8 comments
- After broken promise, AT&T says it’ll stop selling phone location data | Ars Technica https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2019/01/after-broken-promise-att-says-itll-stop-selling-phone-location-data/ 7 comments
- US government reopens following airport chaos - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/25/18197558/trump-government-shutdown-fcc-ftc-faa-airport-laguardia-congress 7 comments
- Sprint, T-Mobile, and AT&T pledge again to close data access after location-tracking scandal - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2019/1/10/18176898/sprint-t-mobile-att-phone-tracking-data 6 comments
- FCC confirms carriers ‘apparently’ broke the law by selling customer location data - The Verge https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21117264/fcc-carriers-broke-law-selling-location-verizon-att-tmobile-sprint 6 comments
- No, Data Is Not the New Oil | WIRED https://www.wired.com/story/no-data-is-not-the-new-oil/ 5 comments
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