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Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics (www.404media.co)

submitted 1 month ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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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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[-] MattMatt@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Meanwhile when I turn off Bluetooth on my iPhone it says "for the next y hours" and there's no option to turn it off permanently.

[-] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 11 points 1 month ago

Don't buy Apple?

[-] Agent641@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

[-] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 month ago

and there’s no option to turn it off permanently.

Did you actually try looking this up. Turn it off in settings and it's off forever until you turn it back on.

[-] Negligent_Embassy@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 1 month ago

Yeah, IOS and stock android are not acceptable if you care about this stuff

On graphene my bluetooth and wifi turn themselves OFF if I haven't been connected for a few minutes

[-] trolololol@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

Maybe you need arch btw

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