Carrier fines over selling location data aren't enough

A $200 million fine means carriers still made money selling our location; and since it was ours, do we get a cut? The FCC has finally stepped up and fined the four major U.S. carriers -- AT&T, Sprint, Verizon, and T-Mobile -- $200 million for selling real-time live customer locations to third-party resellers without user consent. Stepped up is a slight exaggeration because a small fine is more like the cost of doing business than any sort of deterrent. Yes, $200 million is a small fine when you ...