1. A method for blocking location information of a wireless handheld device that is used in a wireless network that tracks locations and identities of network users, the method comprising the steps of: a) receiving through a user interface a request to block the location information; b) providing location information with at least one of a handheld location system in the wireless handheld device and a network-based location system in the wireless network; c) removing the location information from a transmission from the wireless handheld device before the transmission is sent from the wireless network to a third party; and d) forwarding the transmission without the location information to the third party.