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"It costs just over $160 to get a week's worth of data on where people who visited Planned Parenthood came from, and where they went afterwards."

• abirch 5y ago
  This is why you should disable for all of your apps that require your location permission. If you have a weather app that has your permission, they're probably working with IBM to sell your location data. Edit: forgot location just said permission.
  • beached_whale 5y ago
    Not just location, wifi and bt and probaly network as using wifi will generally give away a location too. It’s not easy.
    • derwiki 5y ago
      My faraday cage phone bag is starting to seem less tinfoil hatty every week
      • kylehotchkiss 5y ago
        For real - i have one of Pacsafe's[1] on hand for international travel where the phone tracking scares me even more than US' domestic situation [1]: https://int.pacsafe.com/collections/rfid-blocking-wallets/products/silent-pocket-faraday-phone-guard https://int.pacsafe.com/collections/rfid-blocking-wallets/pr...
    • sofixa 5y ago
      That's why the Android "location" permission is needed for access to location services, Bluetooth, and WiFi.
      • beached_whale 5y ago
        I should have clarified, using wifi is enough as the isp's IP has been geolocated generally. Often, it's down to the building.
      • cyanydeez 5y ago
        The only way a phone can't be tracked is turning off everything about it except candy crush
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