Of course they know where you are!

If you were ever under the impression that the location of your cell phone is unknown then you have little comprehension of how cell phones work.

In the last weeks there have been a loud uproar and even a few law suites about cell phones keeping location tracking data.  Many people think that the phone companies should not have access to the location of the user.  But of course they know exactly where you are  they are beaming a signal from outer space to hand.  They know exactly where you are at all times. it is the nature of the technology.

And especially with iphones and android phones that use the internet and use apps that clearly uses your geo data knowing your location is essential.  And the fact is you can easily turn off any saved location tracking.  And in i phones apps when you start apps that track location it clearly asks you before it runs.

So the fact that people are trying to sue google and apple for tracking their location is absolutely ridiculous


more reading

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/04/google-faces-50-million-lawsuit-over-android-location-tracking.ars