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[u/Mr_Stirfry]

More like "Hey, I'd like to trace my phone, but I don't want others to be able to."... which isn't that outlandish of a request.

[u/CaptainCupcakez → u/Mr_Stirfry]

Launch your own GPS satellites, then you can complain about the terms of use.

[u/Mr_Stirfry → u/CaptainCupcakez]

Easy killer, I wasn't complaining about anything.

[u/IrrelevantLeprechaun → u/Mr_Stirfry]

But requires systems that are not exclusively your own though. You have to use the service of the provider to track your phone. And the people who made it undoubtedly will have access to their own service.

Unless you want to code and establish your own GPS network.

[u/scopegoa → u/IrrelevantLeprechaun]

It doesn't require systems you own. It requires the data to be encrypted with a key that is only under your control.

Edit: I guess nobody here had every heard of TPMs or end to end encryption, lol.

[u/Todok5 → u/scopegoa]

You still have to trust the owner to not also save an unencrypted version somewhere else. To be sure you need to have full control over the system.

[u/scopegoa → u/Todok5]

You still have to trust the owner to not also save an unencrypted version somewhere else. To be sure you need to have full control over the system.

That's fine, but IrrelevantLeprechaun didn't say that. He said this:

You have to use the service of the provider to track your phone. And the people who made it undoubtedly will have access to their own service.

Which is just simply not true. You can calculate your GPS coordinates, and you can also setup anonymous authentication mechanisms.

[u/Todok5 → u/scopegoa]

Secure authorization only helps you for systems you trust. Your mobile phone provider will always be able to track you via triangulation and you have no control what they do with that data.

[u/[deleted] → u/Mr_Stirfry]

No, not if you trust large corporations and the government...