Evan AshcroftJul 10, 2023
Dustin Volz

Massachusetts lawmakers are weighing a near total ban on buying and selling of location data drawn from consumers’ mobile devices in the state, in what would be a first-in-the-nation effort to rein in a billion-dollar industry.

https://www.wsj.com/articles/first-u-s-ban-on-sale-of-cellphone-location-data-might-be-coming-fbe47e53?st=fa01no823ring1k&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink

Selling Your Cellphone Location Data Might Soon Be Banned in U.S. for First Time

Massachusetts considers law at the vanguard of a broader movement to protect consumer privacy

WSJ
Jul 10, 2023 at 2:24pmWeb
Show threadSteve GisselbrechtJul 10, 2023
@dustinvolz
YES, PLEASE!
Show threadla bibliotequetressJul 10, 2023
@dustinvolz The MA ACLU has an endorsement petition-nhttps://www.aclum.org/en/ban-sale-location-data
Show threadTushar ChauhanJul 11, 2023
@dustinvolz Awesome. For a second though, I thought they were going to try and control the shameful extortion racket that is the MA rental and property market. Oh well. Micro-baby steps.
Show threadIncorrigible Maker for HARRISJul 11, 2023

@dustinvolz
And yet ...

The Mass RMV sells complete drivers license information at bulk rates

https://atlas.massrmv.com/BulkDataProgram.aspx

Show threadkevinJul 11, 2023
@dustinvolz Wow, just wow.
Show threadAmandaJul 12, 2023
@dustinvolz
What does it matter at this point
If they dont like you enough they will find a way to bother you
I literally have 3 cameras pointed at my house because I say mean things about the ruling class online
And I ask questions they dont want to answer