Why I think my phone location data will be sold to everyone

Ellie S
3 min readApr 20, 2021

When we think of data dealing, the first things we usually think of are Facebook, Amazon, Twitter, and Google. However, I think seeing an online ad for a sports arena after you visited it (without searching for it or posting about it) is possible too. But how?

There are many uses for location tracking phones. In 2005, the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) mandated that all cell phones be made with GPS tracking capabilities, for law enforcement to be able to track calls emergency calls.¹ We’ve come a long way since then, and…

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