Lawsuit: Allstate used GasBuddy and other apps to quietly track driving behavior

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22. If you have location services turned off, telecoms still maintain records of tower pings.

An insurance company would not have that access to pings. Law enforcement can estimate locations of a defendant or victim by subpoenaing records from telecoms (AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile etc) (This was used in the Idaho murder case)

This suit is about people who signed up for location services using apps other than Allstate's: Gas Buddy, Life360 (A family tracking app) etc.

It also about some of the location services that are installed in some vehicles. Toyota, Lexus,
Mazda, Chrysler, Dodge, Fiat, Jeep, Maserati, and Ram are named.

I believe the location services in the apps are satellite based, as opposed to pings which are cell plan based. Satellites use latitude/longitude as opposed to tower pings. So they are more accurate.

I believe some of the J6 rioters had their phones in airplane mode. Geofencing, which is a more advanced way of tracking, was then used. Airplane mode also uses satellite. Airplane mode does not cell tower pings.

Yes, a phone can be tracked while in airplane mode if GPS is enabled. Airplane mode turns off cellular data and Wi-Fi, but it doesn't turn off GPS. GPS uses satellites to determine a phone's location, which can still work even when airplane mode is on.
https://www.wikihow.com/Does-Airplane-Mode-Turn-Off-Location

Maps and geolocation work in airplane mode! I use MiniVAN (Democratic Party app) in airplane mode all the time. MiniVAN relies on geolocation and maps. Airplane mode conserves battery use and that's the main reason I use airplane plane

https://www.ngpvan.com/blog/canvassing-with-minivan/