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> People have been drone strike'd based on the location of their phones. Do you have any credible source for this claim. If true, it's truly alarming!
by sean_patel 10y ago
> People have been drone strike'd based on the location of their phones.
Do you have any credible source for this claim. If true, it's truly alarming!
- striking 10y agoSure. https://theintercept.com/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/ https://theintercept.com/2014/02/10/the-nsas-secret-role/, http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/us-drones-target-terrorists-based-on-their-cell-phone-location http://motherboard.vice.com/blog/us-drones-target-terrorists...
- sean_patel 10y agoThanks. From the Vice Report... > Rather than confirming a target’s identity with operatives or informants on the ground, the CIA or the U.S. military then orders a strike based on the activity and location of the mobile phone a person is believed to be using. You are right. This is very disturbing. I guess they do this a lot in Northern Pakistan / Waziristan area in the tribal lands and mountains? What if the Terrorist read stories like this, and gave their cell phone to mules who then get killed? My father's family (he grew up in India in Bombay) got split in half during the Partition of India and Pakistan when the Brits left India. No wonder there is so much rage and anti-american sentiment in Pakistan (my Pakistani relatives complaint all the time on Skype)