• eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    3 hours ago

    Yes, the thing tracking and reporting your location at all times is called the wireless telephone network.

    Some apps let you share what you’re already sharing with Palantir and ICE with your friends.

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      1 hour ago

      Those are two different things. Tracking the location via cell network just gives an approximate location, anywhere within the cell towers reception area. GPS data doesn’t get shared with anyone unless you choose to share it.

      If companies want your GPS data then you have to share it with them.

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        54 minutes ago

        Nah the new protocols like 5g use super sensitive time based encoding, the protocols wouldn’t work if the towers didn’t know your distance very accurately.

        Way back in the day with actual cellular phones, yeah you could only be placed really accurately when you were in a cell overlap area.