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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] 10 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I can assure you that people don’t need instant access to calendars and maps. Smart phones are a convenience, not a necessity.

(Source - lived through the 80’s. Still alive to tell the tale)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Name me literally one way to use a calendar or map without a phone?

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

"And fuck all the other people who are addicted to smarphones. They don't matter" /s

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

No, they don’t. Because if they’re weak enough to allow themselves to become addicted to a device, that’s their problem to solve. Not even else’s.

Smartphones are a convince, a tool. Nothing more. If one can’t live without one- there’s a problem needing to be addressed.

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

if they’re weak enough to allow themselves to become addicted to a device

That's not how addiction works.