Their contracts with the carriers allow for remote pings of the GPS chip (if there is GPS on the handset). Otherwise it's just cell tower triangulation.
It is 100% opt-in, but there is no "app" needed on the actual phone - so you're totally right if by "per app" you mean "per developer" or "per use case." So I might allow one company to locate my phone for a…
Exactly - 250M potential users is what they mean. Right now they probably have very few consumer opt-ins.
Yes, it's 100% opt in.
Their contracts with the carriers allow for remote pings of the GPS chip (if there is GPS on the handset). Otherwise it's just cell tower triangulation.
It is 100% opt-in, but there is no "app" needed on the actual phone - so you're totally right if by "per app" you mean "per developer" or "per use case." So I might allow one company to locate my phone for a…
Exactly - 250M potential users is what they mean. Right now they probably have very few consumer opt-ins.
Yes, it's 100% opt in.