Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling consumers' mobile device location data, which would be the first such ban in the US
On the other hand, everyone from your cell phone provider to the DMV sells your data without any scrutiny of these practices. … Dustin Volz / @dustinvolz@journa.host : Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling of location data drawn from consumers' mobile devices in the state, in what would be a first-in-the-nation effort to rein in a billion-dollar industry. — https://www.wsj.com/... Twitter: Prakash Sangam / @mytechmusings : This is an excellent step... https://twitter.com/... Threads: Alex Stamos / @alex.stamos : Every other privacy issue people discuss pales in comparison to the fact that the cell network you pay $100+/month for service is straight up selling your real-time physical location. I once saw a private investigator working on a child safety case just open up a website and find exactly where the guy was just with a phone number. … Forums: Hacker News : First U.S. ban on sale of cellphone location data might be coming Msmash / Slashdot : First US Ban on Sale of Cellphone Location Data Might Be Coming