Z:gnu-www-ja-digital-inclusion-in-freedom--ce15f5-Cell phones also localize the/en

Cell phones also localize the user, even when set to &ldquo;idle.&rdquo; The phone network needs to know roughly where the phone is located in order to communicate with it, and can easily record that information permanently. However, networks are designed to locate phones far more accurately by triangulation. They can do it even better with GPS in the phone, with or without the user's consent.