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00:00Your phone is spilling your secrets to Uncle Sam, study reveals.
00:05Once you allow location access, you lose control over how your data is used or sold.
00:09Your phone constantly tracks where you go, often without your knowledge, and that data
00:14can be sold even to the US government.
00:16Phones collect location both as a byproduct of a normal operation and because the law
00:21requires it.
00:22They constantly scan for nearby cell towers, often connect to multiple, and their position
00:27can be triangulated from overlapping tower ranges.
00:30Since 2001, carriers must provide latitude and longitude for phones that call 911 to support
00:35faster emergency response.
00:38When people allow apps or web pages to access phone location, makers can share it widely
00:42without further permission.
00:44Through real-time bidding or direct partnerships, embedded ad software shares user data, including
00:50location, with third-party bidders who can keep and sell it to location data brokers.
00:56data brokers sell widely, including to location-based service providers that repackage it for tools
01:01that monitor people's locations for services like roadside assistance or to help police and
01:07government track individuals.
01:09In October 2025, news outlets reported that US Immigration and Customs Enforcement bought
01:14a Penlink surveillance tool that can track specific devices over time, accessing data from hundreds
01:20of millions of mobile phones, without a warrant.
01:26data of machine-based coverage for individuals they may have worked are MR made by the
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