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Verizon, AT&T tell courts: FCC can’t punish us for selling user location data (arstechnica.com)

submitted 6 days ago by Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] just_another_person@lemmy.world 19 points 6 days ago (1 children)

For this specific example, the smaller "other" carriers could take this moment to differentiate themselves with a some pretty advertising saying they do not do this, and a TOD that backs it up.

Looking at you, Ryan Reynolds.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 25 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I mean they’re just resellers of the big guys’ network. I think Mint is a reseller of T-Mobile. Verizon has its own branded reseller labels. It all goes through the big guys’ network anyways so could they even claim that?

[–] jj122@lemmings.world 4 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Mint isn't just a reseller of T-Mobile, T-Mobile owns mint.

[–] subtext@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Good point, I forgot about that news

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 4 points 6 days ago

They don't sell the data. The network they're riding still does. So the ad could technically be accurate.