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I have 26 apps on my phone. Of those, four are Safari extensions, one is a PWA and another I wrote myself. I use a restrictive nextDNS profile that also blocks
by cdrnsf 8mo ago
I have 26 apps on my phone. Of those, four are Safari extensions, one is a PWA and another I wrote myself. I use a restrictive nextDNS profile that also blocks Apple's native tracking (as best they can) and don't use social media. I feel like that's the best I can realistically do.
- azalemeth 8mo ago...and the phone itself broadcasts your position to the cell towers with remarkable accuracy, 24 hours a day.
- cdrnsf 8mo agoHence the "realistically" qualifier.
- raw_anon_1111 8mo agoAnd you do realize your cellphone is constantly sharing your location with your cell phone company which is more than willing to give it to the government without a warrant. Whatever you are doing is meaningless privacy theatre
- Computer0 8mo agoThey are probably actively providing that information. At AT&T we still are working very closely with the NSA.
- beepbooptheory 8mo agoThis makes sense to me but then why is CBP here needing/wanting to pay for ad data if they can just ask the ISPs/cell phone companies?
- tossaway0 8mo agoPaying doesn’t have the legal justification requirements that asking does, and it’s faster.
- drnick1 8mo agoI wouldn't call that meaningless privacy theater. For one, you can buy a SIM anonymously, and make the cell location data essentially useless. Second, protection at the DNS level prevents other types of data exfiltration (such as cross-site tracking by the Meta Pixel). By not using social media and communicating over secure apps like Signal, you can indeed achieve a high degree of resistance against tracking and profiling. Of course, you can do more, such as running only trusted software (i.e., free software) on your devices, not using Internet-of-Shit devices anywhere in your home, and making sure your car is not snooping on you through it's own cellular modem.
- Terr_ 8mo ago> you can buy a SIM anonymously, and make the cell location data essentially useless Even ignoring the first part, which will vary by country, I think that represents a failure of imagination. For example, how many other people-with-phones have a pattern of spending 5+ nighttime hours within 100m of your home, and spending 5+ workday hours within 100m of your office?
- heisenbit 8mo agoYou phone company has a pretty good idea where you are all the time. This is well known and therefore there are strict rules, regulations and often laws preventing share this without good cause. As long as telco or law enforcement adheres to the law (hmm) this data is not available for fishing expeditions.