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

submitted 3 weeks 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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[–] DogWater@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

You're ignoring the point of why it's useful and at this point, necessary, to have an above average understanding of technology to maintain any semblance of privacy in your life....you can do so much harm to yourself without ever knowing it just by having an Alexa or by having a Tesla.

At certain point it's like what the fuck can we even do with things specifically like the tool this article is talking about but tech illiteracy isn't excusable if this day and age anymore. The world demands a certain level of knowledge or you can and will be exploited.

[–] Skates@feddit.nl 1 points 3 weeks ago

I know this is the case today, but we are still in the early days of massive surveillance and everyone being globally interconnected. I have to trust legislation will follow to regulate this, just like any potentially dangerous invention is now regulated in most countries, from pharmaceuticals to firearms, to lead based paints, to news outlets.

The fact of the matter is, regular people cannot keep up with all inventions ever. It's up to governments to protect their citizens from threats, and a failure to do so should be punished. If instead the government chooses to be that threat, the solution isn't easy, but it is simple.