Privacy stalwart Nicholas Merrill spent a decade fighting an FBI surveillance order. Now he wants to sell you phone service—without knowing almost anything about you.
It’s hard to have an anonymous phone carrier. Using a phone automatically enables location tracking. Stay in your house long enough and they will know your address
Because the phone services can triangulate location by bouncing signals off of different towers. Precise location is easily determined from response time from two different cell towers, rough location can be determined from response time from one in case of rural area.
It’s hard to have an anonymous phone carrier. Using a phone automatically enables location tracking. Stay in your house long enough and they will know your address
What makes you say that?
Because the phone services can triangulate location by bouncing signals off of different towers. Precise location is easily determined from response time from two different cell towers, rough location can be determined from response time from one in case of rural area.