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by Maxious 1521 days ago
As sibling comment has pointed out the protocol for a cellular service to request GPS data directly RRLP, is part of the LCS (LoCation Services) section of 3gpp.

And if you run your own cellular service using OpenBSC you can try it out...

> RRLP is not just a theoretical feature specified in the GSM/3GPP specs. It is implemented by numerous high-end smartphones. There is no authentication of the network. There is no notification of the user. There is no way for the user to disable this [mis]feature.

> Impact: Public debate about this feature is needed. Operators probably need to consider working on some terms about how they use this feature in their privacy policy.

https://web.archive.org/web/20160106074623/http://openbsc.os...