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.

  • LunarVoyager@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    Meh, the pixel 6a is pretty cheap. Warranty and creature comforts are for the daily driver.

    Edit: I should add, there are a few mobile hotspots that officially support changing the IMEI

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