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		cosmicgadget 5 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Mobile carriers can get your GPS location You know about it because your regulatory body requires the system exist.

TheNewsIsHere 5 days ago | [–]

And it’s typically disclosed in one way or another.

Between buying a phone and reading the OS EULA to providing an E911 address to my carrier, I can count at least three disclosures of this feature.

Nothing is secret or magic here.

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