Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens • Hacker News Board

Re: Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens

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Post by staplers » Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 7:57 AM UTC

Erlich_Bachman wrote: post #157

staplers wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cellular carriers sell your real-time GPS location even if you turn off your phone (GPS chips operate outside the network) Proof: https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cell-carriers-selling-acces...

They sell cell-tower data, not GPS data. The article literally says "cell phone location data from nearby cell towers. It's less accurate than using GPS".

Read again.

"This includes cell tower and cell sector location, assisted GPS and cell tower trilateration."

Re: Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens

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Post by staplers » Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 7:57 AM UTC

steve_gh wrote: post #146

staplers wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cellular carriers sell your real-time GPS location even if you turn off your phone (GPS chips operate outside the network) Proof: https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cell-carriers-selling-acces...

Generally, carriers only have access to the RAN metadata (cell sector, signal strength, etc), not GPS. And in Europe they can't sell or pass on personal data. They can aggregate it, and sell aggregated data (e.g. for transport planning purposes)

Read again.

"This includes cell tower and cell sector location, assisted GPS and cell tower trilateration."

Re: Facebook Knows How to Track You Using the Dust on Your Camera Lens

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Post by staplers » Sat, Jan 19, 2019, 7:57 AM UTC

gsich wrote: post #149

staplers wrote: post #124

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Cellular carriers sell your real-time GPS location even if you turn off your phone (GPS chips operate outside the network) Proof: https://www.zdnet.com/article/us-cell-carriers-selling-acces...

GPS chips are receive only.

Read again.

"This includes cell tower and cell sector location, assisted GPS and cell tower trilateration."