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#TMobile USA sends mobile phone usage data to #PushSpring, which T-Mobile acquired in 2019.
T-Mobile assigns a unique ad ID to your cellphone and gathers app usage data.
To opt out and remove all data of you, there's an app - "magenta advertisements platform".
For me it's horrible that they do so without telling and that the app is somewhere hidden - no one would come up with that name!
For #Android (I don't know whether they do it on iOS, too):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pushspring.preferences
Magenta Ad Platform Choices - Apps on Google Play
Provides transparency and control of your data in the Magenta Ad Platformplay.google.com
FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data
#privacy #ATT #TMobile #Verizon #MassDataCollection
FCC Fines Major U.S. Wireless Carriers for Selling Customer Location Data
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) today levied fines totaling nearly $200 million against the four major carriers -- including AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon -- for illegally sharing access to customers' location information withou…krebsonsecurity.com