Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
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Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#2I think jailtime+fines should be the minimal remedy.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#3This doesn't bring retribution to the people who've been stalked as a result of this banana republic activity.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#4So it's okay for the carriers to provide the phone-location (and other metadata) to government entities without a warrant, but it's not okay to sell it commercially? I'd love to see a legal analysis of that argument.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#5So it's okay for the carriers to provide the phone-location (and other metadata) to government entities without a warrant, but it's not okay to sell it commercially? I'd love to see a legal analysis of that argument.
At the end of the day the government can do whatever it wants.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#6So it's okay for the carriers to provide the phone-location (and other metadata) to government entities without a warrant, but it's not okay to sell it commercially? I'd love to see a legal analysis of that argument.
Trump said it was ok. QED.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#7So it's okay for the carriers to provide the phone-location (and other metadata) to government entities without a warrant, but it's not okay to sell it commercially? I'd love to see a legal analysis of that argument.
Why make that leap? This is a new ruling.
Ask the FCC if they believe sharing to government is legal.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#8So it's okay for the carriers to provide the phone-location (and other metadata) to government entities without a warrant, but it's not okay to sell it commercially? I'd love to see a legal analysis of that argument.
That is in no way contradictory. I disagree with it as much as you but there's lots of stuff the government does that you can't and this isn't anything new.
As a parallel statement:
> So it's okay for defense contractors to sell tanks to the government but not commercially? I'd love to see a legal analysis of that argument.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#9I'll celebrate when the money from the fines is actually sitting in the Treasury account, and not a moment before. Pai is outrageously corrupt, is best friends with telecom CEOs, and with near-certainty will cave to requests to have these punishments reduced to next-to-nothing.
Re: Carrier sales of phone-location data is illegal, FCC plans punishment
#10I'm sure the same precedent will apply for telecoms injecting ads, right?