[ExI] Government tracking devices

William Flynn Wallace foozler83 at gmail.com
Mon Nov 28 13:55:30 UTC 2022


Why do you need any kind of privacy when you are going to do nothing
wrong?  Why do I care that the FBI or whoever knows I went to Walmart?   My
doings will put them to sleep.

The only thing that might bother me is someone having access to my health
records, and that isn't really relevant since my health insurer is Medicare
(and earlier a group policy).  Can't raise my rates.

bill w

On Mon, Nov 28, 2022 at 7:48 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> Just in case you hadn't already realised, your mobile phone is a
> government tracking device.
>
> <https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-google-geofence-warrant-january-6/>
>
> Quote:
> Mark Harris   Nov 28, 2022
>
> A Peek Inside the FBI’s Unprecedented January 6 Geofence Dragnet
> Google provided investigators with location data for more than 5,000
> devices as part of the federal investigation into the attack on the US
> Capitol.
>
> A filing in the case of one of the January 6 suspects, David Rhine,
> shows that Google initially identified 5,723 devices as being in or
> near the US Capitol during the riot. Only around 900 people have so
> far been charged with offenses relating to the siege.
>
> The filing suggests that dozens of phones that were in airplane mode
> during the riot, or otherwise out of cell service, were caught up in
> the trawl. Nor could users erase their digital trails later. In fact,
> 37 people who attempted to delete their location data following the
> attacks were singled out by the FBI for greater scrutiny.
> -------------------
>
> It looks like for safety your mobile phone should never leave your home.
> 'Burner' or no-name phones may become more popular.
>
> BillK
>
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