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Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago

ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

www.404media.co

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ICE to Buy Tool that Tracks Locations of Hundreds of Millions of Phones Every Day

www.404media.co

Tony Bark@pawb.social to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days ago
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Documents show that ICE has gone back on its decision to not use location data remotely harvested from peoples' phones. The database is updated every day with billions of pieces of location data.

Archive: https://archive.is/wfmdL

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    This will not help sale of smartphones.

    • jve@lemmy.world
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      This will not affect sale of smartphones.

      FTFY

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        Exactly. 99.9999% of consumers don’t give a fuck as long as they can still access Facebook and TikTok.

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      It will not hinder it either. People will give up many things before their smartphones.

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        I wish I could but feels like every job requires me to have some sort of app

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          Are they paying for your phone? Are they giving a stipend for your service? Then tell them to fuck off and give you a yubikey.

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          I work in telecom, so no win there unless my family is ready to be homeless.

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