FCC investigation finds ‘one or more wireless carriers’ broke federal law by selling user location data

Just about a year ago, it came to light just how easy it was to buy the real-time location data of US wireless customers via lax carrier standards, shady third-parties, and bounty hunters. Now after an “extensive investigation” the FCC has declared that “one or more wireless carriers apparently violated federal law.”

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source https://9to5mac.com/2020/01/31/fcc-carriers-selling-user-location-data-crime/

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