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What situation are you going, "I don't want big tech to be tracking me right now"?

• nixgeek 5y ago
  Given the prevalence of geofence warrants nowadays, I don’t think the situation needs to be especially nefarious in nature. Perhaps you don’t want to be scrutinized just because you and 370 others were within 300 yards of a crime occurring? https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/16/geofence-warrants-reverse-search-warrants-police-google https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/sep/16/geofence-war...
  • jdavis703 5y ago
    My understanding is the power off tracking uses NFC. This is encrypted. If Apple’s documentation is to be believed, the location information cannot be decrypted by law enforcement.
• vorpalhex 5y ago
  What situation are you happy to let your location data be sold? Will you give the rest of us your location data?
• contravariant 5y ago
  All of them.
  • Terretta 5y ago
    Then leave the phone at home. Because knowing which cell a cellular phone is in, is how it works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mobile_phone_tracking
  • poo-yie 5y ago
    Or use a case that functions as a Faraday cage.
• krageon 5y ago
  Every situation, but I was trying to frame it more softly because I was expecting a large percentage of these comments to say "I don't just not mind being tracked, I want it now!" and similar thoughts.
• user-the-name 5y ago
  The Find My network is designed to not allow Apple to track you using it.