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

If you use a mobile phone with location services turned on, it is likely that data about where you live and work, where you ...
ZDNet

Microsoft to open up mobile phone location data

Microsoft is planning to deliver mobile phone location-based data to developers through a partnership between its MapPoint Location Server (MLS) and several network operators, including O2 in the UK.
TechSpot

Mobile apps exploited to harvest location data on massive scale, hacked files reveal

A hot potato: Thousands of popular mobile apps across Android and iOS are allegedly being exploited to harvest sensitive location data on an unprecedented scale. This data collection, occurring ...
SlashGear

Does Airplane Mode Turn Off Your Phone's Location? Here's How It Works

When you board an airplane for a flight, there are a few things that you have to do, some of which you do automatically. You quickly make it to your seat, stash your carry-on luggage in either the ...
AppleInsider

Ban on sales of cellular location data could break important privacy precedent in US

Buying and selling mobile phone location data is rampant, and it has spawned a billion-dollar industry, but legislatures in Massachusetts are looking for a near-total ban on the practice. Selling ...
Computerworld

Civil liberties groups oppose government mobile-phone tracking

Three civil liberties groups have asked a U.S. appeals court to strike down a federal government request to obtain stored mobile phone location-tracking information without showing probable cause. The ...