Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics
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Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the world. Abortion clinics, places of worship, and individual people can all be monitored without a warrant.
  • Sonicdemon86@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    28 days ago

    You can’t, even when you disable location it still keeps track of where you are with cell towers and some GPS. It just doesn’t tell you that it still is collecting data.

    • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      4·
      28 days ago

      I didn’t mean disable it in software, I meant physically disable it by stuffing the phone in a Faraday cage (you can buy them for phones in the form of pouches with metal worked into them), which blocks electromagnetic radiation and therefore prevents the phone from contacting towers or satellites.

    • ChilledPeppers@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      28 days ago

      Leave your phone at home sometimes, and when you need the abortion, just do that!

      As in, every time you go on a walk, leave your phone at home, and then they lack of data will just be normal.