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Oh I see. I'm kinda torn on this. Content vs. metadata is one thing, and I get where you're coming from, but if I understood your comment correctly, that wasn't quite the only distinction here? You were talking about cell location information, which is independent of calls/texts/other communication -- it's always there by the mere fact of you having cell service. It seems quite legitimate to point out that that's not "wiretapping"?



> it's always there by the mere fact of you having cell service.

The current location is known by necessity. There is no technical reason to keep a history of past locations.


I didn't say there is a technical reason for keeping a history. I said doing so is not "wiretapping".




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