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

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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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[-] XeroxCool@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

You can answer this yourself. Get rid of your phone and see. If you beleive it's not a necessity, don't say "yeah I could do these alternative things to get by". Actually do it. I hope you're not job-shopping

[-] Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee 2 points 3 days ago

Yes, the impact on quality of life is just so significant that it's a handicap to normal daily lives.

[-] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 1 points 3 days ago

The above being a rhetorical question, I just wanted to take a temperature of the room.

I have lived without a phone pretty much all my adult life. The experiment for me would be to get a phone and see what changes. In that way, I have answered it for myself and the answer is a clear "you don't need a phone".

[-] mriormro@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Good for you. Other people do.

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