[GOPJ]

“Even though the data set had no identifying information, the newsletter found him using his DEVICE ID AND LOCATION DATA.”

Want to drive around with your cellphone but not be followed? Buy a cheap countertop microwave and put your phone in it...

[beef]

“Buy a cheap countertop microwave and put your phone in it...”

And turn it on until the smoke comes out.

[Openurmind]

The problem is not the real time tracking, the real problem is carriers and websites gathering and sharing your device ID. This along with the IP address and carriers selling location data for “Demographics” concerning commercial pricing, availability of products, Etc.

And then this data is sold over and over again to party after party until it ends up public on the deep web. Kind of like debt collectors buying the debt and then auctioning that same debt again and again, party to party until it is finally collected and stops.

Except the data selling never stops in the chain until it ends up being public. The new two factor device recognition authentication is one of the huge problems, that and websites being able to even detect a device ID. And carriers selling our device ID and location data.

Yep... Getting rid of net neutrality was a great thing right? Them being allowed to do this legally is a direct result of removing net neutrality. I saw it coming and knew this would happen when all privacy restrictions were removed. Especially with the data that internet carriers and providers can now sell.