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Android 15 may let you control when your location is shared with carriers (www.androidauthority.com)

submitted 7 months ago by overflow64@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] blandfordforever@lemm.ee 5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (1 children)

Roaming happens when you connect to a different cell network than the one you have a contract with, not when your location data says you are in certain places.

[–] delirious_owl@discuss.online 2 points 7 months ago

You're right, but I wouldn't be surprised to see a cell company miss an opportunity to charge you a few hundred bucks extra because you're feeding them false data, when they profit off of selling that data