On: US cell carriers are selling access to real-time phone location data

[tome]

Probably the same above-named act.

[itchyjunk → tome]

But that act says it's telecoms that can't sell it to the government. Doesn't the government purchase data from other 3rd party entities anyways?

[tome → itchyjunk]

I've never read the act but such a hole would be so gaping that it would even embarrass congress and telecoms lobbyists. I can't possibly imagine that they didn't close it.

EDIT: Maybe I was too optimistic: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17082213