US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data

Post by sfrancisbjr » Sun, May 20, 2018, 3:40 AM UTC

mickael-kerjean wrote: post #626

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I'm in the space as well. I've tried telling my congressmen but they ignore me. If you have hard evidence, forward it to the journalist or newspaper that broke a similar recent story, or whose reporting of that story you respected. Maybe you can find a journalist you respect for their reporting on Cambridge Analytica, the Paradise Papers, Edward Snowden and so on?

It's not that easy when you're not in their network. I've tried to contact a few journalists recently as I discovered twitter knows everything about youporn's user which considering their track record in term of security and the amount of politician in there could have some pretty bad effects. It goes like this: https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DczGQICUQAA9ljF.jpg The domain "syndication.twitter.com" tracks everyone but t…

Post by sfrancisbjr » Mon, May 21, 2018, 3:00 PM UTC

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random6547545 wrote: post #44

Throwaway account. I work in location / mapping / geo. Some of us have been waiting for this to blow (which it hasn't yet). The public has zero idea how much personal location data is available. It's not just your cell carrier. Your cell phone chip manufacturer, GPS chip manufacturer, phone manufacturer and then pretty much anyone on the installed OS (android crapware) is getting a copy of your location data. Usually…

I can confirm this is happening, I designed some of the analysis systems used. Contrary to what many people assume, this is not just a US thing. It is done throughout the industrialized world to varying degrees, including countries where most people believe privacy protections disallow such activity. Governments tacitly support it because they've found these capabilities immensely useful for their own purposes.

Post by fake-name » Wed, May 23, 2018, 5:30 AM UTC

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True++ there are at least 4-5 OSes on Qualcomm with direct access to the Internet: 1. Linux Kernel / Android OS, running on main ARM CPU in "normal mode" 2. QSEE or Trustonic OS, running on main ARM CPU in "trusted execution environment" mode, in parallel with "normal mode" 3. OKL4 / REX Kernel + AMSS OS, running on the baseband CPU (modem) 4. SIM card processor, although it is very limited (typically 32k RAM) and ac…

Does anyone know of any smartphone projects where the circuits are designed to give the user's OS (usually GNU/Linux, but could be anything the user fancies if the bootloader's free) control over power to the baseband CPU, SIM card processor, and OS on the Wifi card? As far as I know, the Neo900 project is the only one attempting to allow the user's OS to control power to all those other ones.

Post by sfrancisbjr » Thu, May 24, 2018, 9:45 PM UTC

random6547545 wrote: post #44

Throwaway account. I work in location / mapping / geo. Some of us have been waiting for this to blow (which it hasn't yet). The public has zero idea how much personal location data is available. It's not just your cell carrier. Your cell phone chip manufacturer, GPS chip manufacturer, phone manufacturer and then pretty much anyone on the installed OS (android crapware) is getting a copy of your location data. Usually…