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Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directly

  • Written by Emilee Rader, Professor of Information, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yes, the government can track your location – but usually not by spying on you directlyWhere your smartphone has been is available for sale.cofotoisme/iStock via Getty Images

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you shop for groceries, where you go to church and see your doctor, and where you traveled to over the holidays is up for sale. And U.S....

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