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johnnyFive · 2168 days ago · link · · parent · post: US cell carriers are selling access to your real-time phone location data
This is always the kicker.Kevin Bankston, director of New America's Open Technology Institute, explained in a phone call that the Electronic Communications Privacy Act only restricts telecom companies from disclosing data to the government. It doesn't restrict disclosure to other companies, who then may disclose that same data to the government.