Source.Telcos provide API access to your phone's location, along with your name and address, writes Philip Neutstrom. With two links, to danalinc.com and payfone.com, he shows that these sites can access this data when your phone connects. The pages are demos for the API and serve some of the data provided back to the visitor.
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In 2003, news came to light that AT&T was providing the DEA and other law enforcement agencies with no-court-warrant-required access to real time cell phone metadata. This was a pretty big deal at the time. But what these services show us is even more alarming: US telcos appear to be selling direct, non-anonymized, real-time access to consumer telephone data to third party services -- not just federal law enforcement officials -- who are then selling access to that data.
I don't believe that is the case at all. This is obviously an extremely important topic.
Most people aren't intelligent enough to figure out what it all really means. They don't understand the depth of psychological investigatory work that can be done by AI; they perceive no threat to self, as related to the systemic societal threat. They don't even know how much data is being collected, what type of data, how each type of data relates to the next, or how long the data can be retained.
My question is - what do you expect in the replies?
I'll second that.Originally Posted by Simmons572
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I don't believe that is the case at all. This is obviously an extremely important topic.
It's just... I've seen a lot of threads similar to this one lately, and unfortunately, they always seem to devolve in to the same circular arguments that we see over and over again.
I, like many others, don't have a solution for this problem, and feel to keep quiet, rather than attempt to get caught up in the mindless bickering.
Speaking for myself: What prevents my commentary on these issues is fear of being misunderstood and attacked, not a lack of caring about such things.
Welcome to the frustration of society.
Still have to trust your VPN provider. Encryption though - that's probably the answer. We've got too much power and too little responsibility I'm afraid.Is it like that if I ever want to get at least some level of privacy, I need to use heavily encrypted end-to-end VPN ?
Not responding to you in particular, but the general idea of 'nothing to hide'.
And still the "nothing to hide" argument is one of the most narrow minded and egoistical ones to make in this context. (Not directed at you personally, but at the argument that so many still try to make)Originally Posted by BobiBolivia
In the past, when such topic was discussed (say, M$ and their data collection), most people have been like "I have nothing to hide".
I could easily sort myself to that group, because in theory, I really do have nothing serious to hide.
But I still don't want any sort of data shared anywhere else besides my virtual target.
But every time I get to read such "news", I am getting more and more annoyed
Because even if we would want to get some action against this practice, there will be prevalent mass of "nothing to hide" people opposing "nothing to hide and still don't want to share anything" people.
By the way, let me get this straight - every time somebody transferred data over AT&T network, it was mined for meta data and then sold somewhere else ?
Is it like that if I ever want to get at least some level of privacy, I need to use heavily encrypted end-to-end VPN ?
Definitely, but I'm sure they'll find a loophole like the data doesn't contain your identity.
I don't think anyone is expecting a solution, is that the only time you feel like you should stand up and voice your opinion? When you have a solution? Why is that?Originally Posted by Simmons572
I don't believe that is the case at all. This is obviously an extremely important topic.
It's just... I've seen a lot of threads similar to this one lately, and unfortunately, they always seem to devolve in to the same circular arguments that we see over and over again.
I, like many others, don't have a solution for this problem, and feel to keep quiet, rather than attempt to get caught up in the mindless bickering.