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by ruff
5556 days ago
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It's opt-in--definitely no way to get a locate without a device owner providing permission to do so. It's kind of like a Facebook app, if you're using a service that uses Veriplace to get location information, any end user can log in and modify (or deny) what information that service can access. Location data is only stored as specified by your Veriplace settings and otherwise isn't kept around. Veriplace is a location aggregator (for details, see http://developer.sprint.com/site/global/go_to_market/aggrega...). Essentially, every carrier has a disparate location infrastructure that would require significant development and customization to integrate with. Simply too much work for most developers. Veriplace and other aggregators provide a much simpler, singular API for accessing location data across multiple carriers. To be clear--these companies are tightly regulated and strictly watched over by both the government and the carriers. It's not these services that should be the concern, it's more so data retention policies and what not of carriers where the data originates. |
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You may be right about it being opt-in - although the "We locate 180 million [phones]" makes that unclear. I don't see how they can claim that if it is opt-in.
definitely no way to get a locate without a device owner providing permission to do so.
It's not clear to me what you are saying here. The carriers know where every phone is (by the cell being used), which is the location used for non-GPS enabled phones. Veriplace may not let you as a developer see this, but given that veriplace seems to get access to your location without permission, I think it is misleading to say there is no way to get access to your location.
these companies are tightly regulated and strictly watched over by both the government and the carriers. It's not these services that should be the concern, it's more so data retention policies and what not of carriers where the data originates.
See, I disagree. I think if Veriplace can get this data then it isn't beyond imagination for other companies to get access to the data from the carriers too.