Terry let us know about these scary details dug up by PC World. Sprint has turned over customers GPS data to authorities over 8 million times in the last year. The number is grossly inflated because police can request location updates every 3 minutes for up to 60 days. They even provide law enforcement with a easy tool to lookup where customers are located. I know that this might help police especially with kidnappings and fugitives but it remains a pretty scary fact.
Gizmodo also points out that Sprint is storing up to 24 months or URL history for some devices just because marketing wants to look through the data. Makes me wonder how much my cellphone carrier knows about me, and shares with others.
Now I will go hide in bed with my tinfoil hat on…
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