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

submitted 19 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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[-] TheHobbyist@lemmy.zip 55 points 19 hours ago

That does not sound like a viable long term solution to me.

[-] Spitzspot@lemmings.world 31 points 18 hours ago

It is something we can do right now though. Even the youth who can't vote yet can participate.

[-] suburban_hillbilly@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

It also won't work since the service has enough precision to know whether you go in, and for how long. The real issue is that mobile phones are continuously broadcasting their location to any device that wants to listen, even if you turn wifi and bluetooth off.

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