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Mobile carriers can get your GPS location (an.dywa.ng)
submitted 6 days ago by lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com to c/privacy@lemmy.world
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[โ€“] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 3 points 6 days ago (1 children)

I believe it is for beam forming (the tower needs to know where to send the signal

[โ€“] lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com 1 points 6 days ago

But it does not work when GPS is disabled on your phone. So, it normally has to work without it.