cm0002@toast.ooo to Privacy@programming.dev · 28 days agoHow commercially-available phone location data is used by ICE (and other law enforcement agencies)imagemessage-square5linkfedilinkarrow-up190arrow-down13file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.caprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comprivacy@lemmy.ml
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via this 404 media article: https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/ paywall bypass: https://web.archive.org/web/20260108141914/https://www.404media.co/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods/
minus-squarezout@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·28 days agoSince it’s commercially available, could it be used to pinpoint/identify the phones of ICE or other law enforcement?
minus-squarearin@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·28 days agoTheir phones can be in lockerroom hq while they use military comms on terrorism duty. But tbh most do bring it
minus-squareentwine@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·6 days agoThe psychopath who murdered Rene Good was recording her with his phone before he shot her in the face
minus-squarejasory@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·23 days agoIt’s also pretty poor quality data. Open-source journalists use it alot and make erroneous claims. Ryan MacBeth tried to do this to show a person hadn’t left the US, when a third-party had actually recorded them in Palestine.
Since it’s commercially available, could it be used to pinpoint/identify the phones of ICE or other law enforcement?
Their phones can be in lockerroom hq while they use military comms on terrorism duty. But tbh most do bring it
The psychopath who murdered Rene Good was recording her with his phone before he shot her in the face
It’s also pretty poor quality data. Open-source journalists use it alot and make erroneous claims.
Ryan MacBeth tried to do this to show a person hadn’t left the US, when a third-party had actually recorded them in Palestine.