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It's long been no secret that people can be located & tracked based on the cell phone towers their phone connects to. For years TV shows have shown law enforcement agents doing just that. What this article exposes is just how cheap and available that data is...
Posing as a potential customer, Motherboard explicitly asked a Microbilt customer support staffer whether the company offered phone geolocation for bail bondsmen. Shortly after, another staffer emailed with a price list—locating a phone can cost as little as $4.95 each if searching for a low number of devices. That price gets even cheaper as the customer buys the capability to track more phones. Getting real-time updates on a phone’s location can cost around $12.95.