[ExI] Government tracking devices

[Stathis Papaioannou]

On Tue, 29 Nov 2022 at 00:47, 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.


If you don’t want to be tracked you can either turn your phone off or you
can turn off the cellular, WiFi and GPS radios. “Airplane mode” just turns
off the first two.

> --
Stathis Papaioannou
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