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.

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.

  • wrekone@lemmyf.ukEnglish
    112·
    13 days ago

    If you don’t want to be tracked illegally, don’t bring your phone.

    If you don’t want any to be tracked legally, write/call/tweet/visit your representatives.

    edit: responded to the wrong comment

    • trolololol@lemmy.worldEnglish
      61·
      13 days ago

      Ah yes, democracy is a healthy and fully functioning institution.

      You just got confused who’s sponsoring it, that’s understandable.

        • trolololol@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          12 days ago

          Throw it down and bring real democracy like in Switzerland

          Or throw it down and bring anarchism

          None of these are realistic, so…

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      1·
      12 days ago

      If you don’t want any to be tracked legally, write/call/tweet/visit your representatives.

      And donate to the EFF if you have the means because they can and have and will likely continue to lobby on average internet users behalf!