From: invalid@see.sig.telecom-digest.org   
      
   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.   
   > ...   
   > ***** 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).   
      
   The Wirecutter article is behind a paywall. You get one or two free   
   articles a month; being a Times subscriber doesn't cut it either. (The   
   NY Times also charges extra for its recipes page.)   
      
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