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What a CASHLESS society REALLY means (links.hackliberty.org)

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[–] Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Cell phone tower triangulation only gives a rough approximation of location

That's why I said they send that to allow the phone's GPS to get a lock quicker and more accurate. All cell phone towers have GPS. Agps means the tower sends its GPS constellation to the phone so it doesn't take 5 minutes to lock.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assisted_GNSS

So yes, even with GPS disabled, the phone company has a rough idea where you are.

If you are in the city on high band 5g, that location is known within 15 to 600 meters.

https://nybsys.com/5g-bands/