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submitted 17 hours ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

Privacy advocates got access to Locate X, a phone tracking tool which multiple U.S. agencies have bought access to, and showed me and other journalists exactly what it was capable of. Tracking a phone from one state to another to an abortion clinic. Multiple places of worship. A school. Following a likely juror to a residence. And all of this tracking is possible without a warrant, and instead just a few clicks of a mouse.

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[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 8 points 7 hours ago

The solution is to subscribe to these services. Then create a website that offers real-time tracking information, freely to the public, of the most wealthy and powerful people in the country. Every Congressperson should have their location shown freely available to all in real time. You could call it "wheresmyrep.org" or similar. Literally all of them tracked like animals in real time, freely shown for any and all to see. Let them live in the fish bowl they've created for us all.

[-] T156@lemmy.world 1 points 2 hours ago

Although we already know what would likely happen if someone did that. It would just be made illegal to track the locations of congresspeople (and only congresspeople), like it was made illegal to do so during the BLM protests.

[-] ArchRecord@lemm.ee 2 points 10 minutes ago

Just like how the moment their videotape rental history was exposed, that was when privacy became an absolute must in the case of video rental services.

[-] dohpaz42@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago

We’re kind of seeing that with those private jet trackers. But that’s not changing anything except getting those accounts banned from social media.

[-] WoodScientist@lemmy.world 5 points 5 hours ago

I think those just need to move to have their own independent sites instead of basing their operations on social media. Ultimately what they're doing is entirely legal, but it's way too easy for some asshat billionaire to pull some strings to get them pulled from a platform.

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