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One nation, tracked : An investigation into the smartphone tracking industry

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Tags: privacy, phones.smart, surveillance, tracking, gps, usa, telecoms, interactive, opinion, author.stuart a thompson, source.the new york times, long read, paywall.soft
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/12/19/opinion/location-tracking-cell-phone.html

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Title
Opinion | Twelve Million Phones, One Dataset, Zero Privacy
Authors
Stuart A. Thompson
Published
Dec 19 2019
Word count
4390 words

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    Fairly in-depth but approachable description of how cell phone positioning data is being gathered and sold, as well as what can be inferred about a single person just from knowing where they've been.

    Fairly in-depth but approachable description of how cell phone positioning data is being gathered and sold, as well as what can be inferred about a single person just from knowing where they've been.

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