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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 [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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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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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Looks like everyone should be getting these bags

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Or just hit airplane mode / power off. Or just leave the phone at home, the procedure takes only 5-10 minutes.

People are way to attached to their phones. The world will not collapse in that hour, it is a survivable event, or so I hear from reputable sources.

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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago

Hard to connect these dots for most "normal" folks without feeling like a conspiracy nut. Appreciate this journalism.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (4 children)

Whatever happened to that Edward Snowden loser?

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Who else are they selling this too?

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 month ago

Better to leave your phone at home (or better, in the pocket of someone who lives in your house and takes the same daily path as you do) if you are doing something that's currently illegal. Or in any situation where you are doing something legal that the cops are likely to break up.

The juror going home thing is terrifying but I don't think the government would be after you for fulfilling your civic duty.

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