Your location can be triangulated even if you don't use a cell phone registered to yourself.
My point exactly.
Using a VPN, you reduce the chances that your internet use will be traced back to you.
That has some truth in it, but isn't what the OP is proposing.
Try to actually make a case next time you post.
Fair enough. It's worth noting that when I wrote this, the OP was the highest voted comment on this thread.
The NSA has complete financial history of everyone who submits tax returns or uses a credit card, logs of every phone call and email message, and it seems likely they have location data from cell phone providers as well. In the UK their agencies track car movements via registration plates, and it would be surprising if the NSA didn't have similar capabilities.
Saying that is the same as what Facebook has is misleading - it makes the NSA seem like they aren't doing anything extraordinary, and it makes Facebook seem like they are doing things they don't have the right to do.
My point exactly.
Using a VPN, you reduce the chances that your internet use will be traced back to you.
That has some truth in it, but isn't what the OP is proposing.
Try to actually make a case next time you post.
Fair enough. It's worth noting that when I wrote this, the OP was the highest voted comment on this thread.
The NSA has complete financial history of everyone who submits tax returns or uses a credit card, logs of every phone call and email message, and it seems likely they have location data from cell phone providers as well. In the UK their agencies track car movements via registration plates, and it would be surprising if the NSA didn't have similar capabilities.
Saying that is the same as what Facebook has is misleading - it makes the NSA seem like they aren't doing anything extraordinary, and it makes Facebook seem like they are doing things they don't have the right to do.