From: malQRMassimilation@gmail.com   
      
   On Tue, Jul 19, 2022 at 09:11:41AM -0400, Fred Goldstein wrote:   
   > 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.   
   >> ...   
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   >>   
   >> 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).   
      
   Sorry, I don't buy it. The Olympians heights of the phone company PR   
   flacks probably resound with oh-so-comforting denials, but I think   
   they're lying through their teeth.   
      
   Do they know which app is keeping track of who visits the abortion   
   clinic? I don't know - but they chose the phones they sell, and they   
   chose to allow apps to install with location access on by default, and   
   they chose to take a cut of the app revenue. They profit from every   
   single app, and that makes them culpable.   
      
   Bill   
      
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