• CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    5 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.pub
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      5 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