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any reason to think google doesn't sell your data
google monetizes your data (targeting), but doesn't sell it to others.
#2 They'd be helping their rivals with such data
#3 Sharing might kill the golden goose (bad press etc)
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I think we need to reassess how we treat data generated by users via phones, devices and our digital activities. We had the concept of private and public property long before intellectual property became codified by law. I believe that we are entering a new phase which may require the development of a new type of jurisprudence around things like location data. I'm definitely not a lawyer, but I'm starting to believe…
Perhaps this is a good reason to use Google Voice and not give anyone the underlying real phone number with cell service.
I think we need to reassess how we treat data generated by users via phones, devices and our digital activities. We had the concept of private and public property long before intellectual property became codified by law. I believe that we are entering a new phase which may require the development of a new type of jurisprudence around things like location data. I'm definitely not a lawyer, but I'm starting to believe…
No need to invent new jurisprudence - if the location data can be used to identify an individual, it is personal data under the GDPR and enjoys all the rights and protections enabled by the regulation.
I think we need to reassess how we treat data generated by users via phones, devices and our digital activities. We had the concept of private and public property long before intellectual property became codified by law. I believe that we are entering a new phase which may require the development of a new type of jurisprudence around things like location data. I'm definitely not a lawyer, but I'm starting to believe…
No need to invent new jurisprudence - if the location data can be used to identify an individual, it is personal data under the GDPR and enjoys all the rights and protections enabled by the regulation.
That doesn't do diddly for us US citizens living in the US. Our data policy is "we will sell your data, too bad so sad".
I think we need to reassess how we treat data generated by users via phones, devices and our digital activities. We had the concept of private and public property long before intellectual property became codified by law. I believe that we are entering a new phase which may require the development of a new type of jurisprudence around things like location data. I'm definitely not a lawyer, but I'm starting to believe…
What gets me is that the writing on wall appears to be that this data did not come from an app on the phone but from the phone company themselves, data collection that is required by the government.
"A couple of blocks from where the target was" implies to me that it was locating the nearest tower. Lat/Long coordinates of the phone within 300 meters is required by the FCC to be received by the telephone companies for Phase II of Enhanced 911. They might be snapping the lat/long to the tower, and then calling that de-identified enough to sell.
If a bounty hunter can get your snapped lat/long on demand because of E911 requirements, you better believe a TLA can as well--and probably unsnapped.
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I’ve set up a DID that leads directly to a voicemail box that emails me the recording. It’s worth the $1/month expense to have a number to hand out to people I don’t want to be available to. And, in a way, it keeps me available when I’m overseas and don’t have my usual SIM card installed. I use VoIP.ms
Can you discuss how you set this up? I looked at voip.ms and it looks like it supports Asterisk and other VOIP software, how did you configure yours? Thanks
I use a SIP desk phone, have calls forwarded to my mobile, and also get voicemail recordings in mail.
(Going back to the original article -- I can't say if this actually protects you from such tracking. Maybe stalkers could find your actual mobile number by some other means, or for all I know customer-identifying parameters could be used without even knowing the phone number.)
AT&T/Verizon/T-Mobile --> Zumigo --> Microbilt --> Bail bond company --> Bounty Hunter --> Motherboard