[ExI] Government tracking devices

[sjatkins]

Yep. A (small "h") hobby of mine is keeping information more private and controlled.  I have a de-googled Pixel phone that has never had a sim card and never will as part of this.  It was bought for cash.  It is in no way associated with my true name.  It cannot be tracked by sim towers.  Its device number is not registered.  I use most of its external facing smartphone abilities on wifi only and under its built in quite good VPN and/or TOR depending on the service I am using.   It makes a much more secure and trusted warm crypto wallet among other functions.   I would take it to such an event and not be too worried about subsequent tracking.  I can even make and receive calls on it via xmpp on my jmp.chat anonymous number when there is wifi.  But I would rather use Matrix and such for that.  I am developing the habit of having an additional de-googled phone with sim card that I keep turned off and in a small faraday bag for when I need more. 

- samantha  




------- Original Message -------
On Monday, November 28th, 2022 at 6:45 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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