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Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics (www.404media.co)

submitted 5 days ago by otter@lemmy.ca to c/technology@lemmy.world

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Privacy advocates got access to Locate X, a phone tracking tool which multiple U.S. agencies have bought access to, and showed me and other journalists exactly what it was capable of. Tracking a phone from one state to another to an abortion clinic. Multiple places of worship. A school. Following a likely juror to a residence. And all of this tracking is possible without a warrant, and instead just a few clicks of a mouse.

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[–] LunarVoyager@lemmy.world 16 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (8 children)

Your survival kit:

Empty GrapheneOS Pixel 6a bought with cash that isn't your daily driver (last Pixel with snapdragon chip that allows IMEI changes)

JMP.chat

Silent.link

Sensors off (developer options)

Bluetooth/WiFi/NFC off

Disable 2G/enable LTE only mode

Offline maps/airplane mode when navigating/at destination/anywhere near your residence or other frequently visited places that could be associated with you. When changing the IMEI/IMSI combo make sure you go to another location first so that you break the link

Infrared AND polarized license plate covers. Remove any and all bumper stickers and other accessories that can be fingerprinted

IR blocking lens sunglasses for facial recognition

And of course, it wouldn't be complete without the tor browser over a trustworthy VPN

So yeah fuck the police

Edit: I forgot to mention that if you drive a car that is mid-2010s or newer you may have to do some digging to disable telemetry, satellite, cellular and any other dystoptian fuckery they install these days.

[–] Fredy1422@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago (1 children)

how does one change your imei number using a pixel 6a, with a rooted phone with magisk.

[–] LunarVoyager@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

I may be wrong, but I don't think root is required. Most of the methods in this article use the AT command.

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