Nevada police may be tracking your phone's location without a warrant. Here's how.
apnews.com
Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time — all without a warrant.
  • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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    3 days ago

    The funny thing is, the government can’t demand this information without a warrant. But they can certainly just pay for it with your money. And very few people will care. “I have nothing to hide” and all of that.

  • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
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    3 days ago

    airplane mode + WiFi calling. you shouldnt be on your phone while youre driving, and most places have free WiFi, then install a Google free custom ROM to your phone such as LineageOS, iodeOS, GrapheneOS, RestlessOS GSI, or CalyxOS (whenever they come back)

    • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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      3 days ago

      pulls information from smartphone apps in order to let state investigators identify the location of mobile devices.

      They aren’t using cell tower data, if that’s what you mean. I’m guessing that unless you degoogle, your first suggestion won’t do too much.

      • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
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        3 days ago

        I’ll be honest, I didnt read the article. I really did just assume they were buying the location data from the carriers.

        I’ll edit the post to make the de-google part more important :P