Nothing you can do can prevent your carrier from selling your live location data for the right price. And that price is a lot cheaper than you might think.
Updated February 7, 2019: This post has been modified to include information on A-GPS data, too.
Additional information provided to Motherboard shows that carriers made A-GPS data available through the chain of information resellers and it ended up in the hands of over 250 different bounty hunters and related businesses.
A-GPS (Assisted Global Positioning System) data is accumulated with the assistance of carriers. The regular GPS chip in your phone can take minutes (or longer) to pinpoint your location, and A-GPS was developed to help first responders and 911 operators find a cell phone when the need was urgent. Because it uses far less battery power, it's commonplace and now used by many apps and services on your phone.
Screenshot provided to Motherboard showing a tracking service in action.
The information provided to Motherboard includes screen captures from tracking services showing the data being used. According to Laura Moy, executive director at the Center on Privacy and Technology at Georgetown University Law Center, this is the first instance of A-GPS data being sold wholesale.
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