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

submitted 10 hours 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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[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 10 points 5 hours ago (6 children)

You really think you came up with an airtight solution to device tracking that nobody in the industry has considered on a whim?

[–] capital@lemmy.world 4 points 5 hours ago (5 children)

Ok how’s the industry tracking a phone with no power?

[–] Jtotheb@lemmy.world 16 points 4 hours ago (4 children)

That was possible over a decade ago.

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Also to be clear, you suggested that you bring a burner phone and set up call forwarding. That implies a phone that’s on. If you’re carrying a burner phone that’s off, I do have a novel solution, just don’t bring it

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