All the cell companies sell the real time location of your cell phone to third parties and then the third parties seek it to other third parties who sells it to anyone willing to pay. Guess my Rojo fetish can be more fulfilled now. Any one test this out?
How do we disengage? ?
What's up with this? wrote:
How do we disengage? ?
You can't. I think this clearly explains why Facebook requires everyone to have a cell phone number on their account or they lock your account. Facebook likely uses your cell phone number to track your location in real time even if you have GPS disabled or never use Facebook apps.
No kidding? Then I'm done with Facebook...screw it!
What's up with this? wrote:
How do we disengage? ?
It's a well-kept secret, but cell phones can be turned off. Trust me, they can.
I own a cell phone but it is turned off 99% of the time. Honest, the world doesn't end if you access the Internet only from your computer, not from your phone.
They can determine your location whenever your wifi is on. Even you aren't connected to a wireless router all nearby routers and your phone are communicating. On a phone wifi location is much more accurate than GPS because the GPS has to triangulate with satellites. Your phone uses this more often than GPS. GPS doesn't work well inside a building or even in a car.
Wireless router physical locations are determined, probably via the ISP and eventually mapped to the MAC address of the router. When a phone pings a router the phone's general location is established. As the phone's wifi pings more local routers the physical location becomes more well defined. They may be using signal strength measurements to help pinpoint the physical location.
A few years ago when I moved my router's physical location it took about a week before it figured out the new location. This was evident because my phone kept showing that it was at my old address when I opened up the map program.
If you don't want people to know where you are then buy a burner and leave your phone on at home.
I See You! wrote:
What's up with this? wrote:
How do we disengage? ?
You can't. I think this clearly explains why Facebook requires everyone to have a cell phone number on their account or they lock your account. Facebook likely uses your cell phone number to track your location in real time even if you have GPS disabled or never use Facebook apps.
Facebook tailors ads based on what is near to you. That is part of their game plan, and why they demand a cell number.
Flounder wrote:
They can determine your location whenever your wifi is on. Even you aren't connected to a wireless router all nearby routers and your phone are communicating. On a phone wifi location is much more accurate than GPS because the GPS has to triangulate with satellites. Your phone uses this more often than GPS. GPS doesn't work well inside a building or even in a car.
Wireless router physical locations are determined, probably via the ISP and eventually mapped to the MAC address of the router. When a phone pings a router the phone's general location is established. As the phone's wifi pings more local routers the physical location becomes more well defined. They may be using signal strength measurements to help pinpoint the physical location.
A few years ago when I moved my router's physical location it took about a week before it figured out the new location. This was evident because my phone kept showing that it was at my old address when I opened up the map program.
If you don't want people to know where you are then buy a burner and leave your phone on at home.
Or get a faraday bag.
I've never once clicked on an ad and bought something, so I really don't care how they go about collecting whatever data they use to target my ads. Just seems like a tremendous waste of effort on their part. Why track my location in order to send me ads that I won't click on when you could get the same result by sending me random ads?
I See You! wrote:
What's up with this? wrote:
How do we disengage? ?
You can't. I think this clearly explains why Facebook requires everyone to have a cell phone number on their account or they lock your account. Facebook likely uses your cell phone number to track your location in real time even if you have GPS disabled or never use Facebook apps.
I don't have a cell phone number on my Facebook account.
https://www.facebook.com/help/185589921490758/Nope wrote:
I don't have a cell phone number on my Facebook account.
At least someone cares where I'm at and what I do.
What's up with this? wrote:
How do we disengage? ?
Ted wrote a manifesto on how to do it.
https://archive.org/stream/IndustrialSocietyAndItsFuture-TheUnabombersManifesto/IndustrialSocietyAndItsFuture-theUnabombersManifesto_djvu.txtBasically everyone in this thread has no idea what they are talking about.
Former FB employee wrote:
Basically everyone in this thread has no idea what they are talking about.
Sure. Trust Facebook. Innocent angels.
Former FB employee wrote:
Basically everyone in this thread has no idea what they are talking about.
Not just in this thread.
Former FB employee wrote:
Basically everyone in this thread has no idea what they are talking about.
Sure, like how a Facebook employees was outed by the media for spying on the private images of women?
Former FB employee wrote:
Basically everyone in this thread has no idea what they are talking about.
Yep, drives me crazy how dumb everyone is when it comes to technology.
Nope wrote:
I See You! wrote:
You can't. I think this clearly explains why Facebook requires everyone to have a cell phone number on their account or they lock your account. Facebook likely uses your cell phone number to track your location in real time even if you have GPS disabled or never use Facebook apps.
I don't have a cell phone number on my Facebook account.
Neither do I.
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