I meant the link IN the article to the original FCC source document is broken (https://transition.fcc.gov/Daily_Releases/Daily_Business/2011/db0712/DOC-308377A1.pdf). @amosbatto did a great job finding the FCC links. I just wanted to know exactly what we were discussing. Nothing I read supports your initial assertion that the FCC will “require phone manufacturers to have always-on GPS tracking.” Because I agree that this would be a really bad thing, I just wanted to know where you were getting the information. I was looking for source material, not peer-reviewed material.
Separately, the source material does point to a problem that I think should be addressed, and I’m not exactly sure how to do this either, it’s frustrating. My feeling about what I’m reading is that it’s the result of big data companies that make phones (Apple/Google) wanting to ensure that they have the finest-grain information on users that their hardware can get, and they’re using their influence in the federal government to compel the carriers to provide the infrastructure to do this (I doubt the carriers mind much, since they also make lots of money on user data).