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0 pointssurround5y ago0 comments

...such as cell service providers. All of them (in the US, at least) sell your location and browsing data to advertisers.

I would happily pay for a provider that doesn’t triangulate my location 24/7, but none exist.

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(not defending their practices at all...)

They are required to for 911 support.

Obviously they are not required to keep the data, and especially not sell it.

(Minus maybe a sealed NSA directive, though that is pure speculation on my part)

eru5y ago

In the EU they are required to keep some data by law. No clue about the location data, though.

Right? Seems like enough people are willing to pay for their privacy, the demand is there.

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