SignalTrace “links devices that regularly travel together, correlating them to license plate.” It is a surveillance product that will sweep up and add all sorts of Bluetooth and other data to license plate readers, linking specific devices—and people—to cars.
  • mangaskahn@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    16 days ago

    It’s because law enforcement needs way less oversight to search a database through a subscription service than to get phone data from the telcos.

    • Warl0k3@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      The telcos already offer geotracking as a subscription service to LE orgs tho. It’s genuinely the same thing, except this data will be crappier and need more direct municipal involvement.

    • Serinus@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      16 days ago

      It’s a good habit to keep your phone on airplane mode when you can. It also saves on battery.

      • unitedwithme@lemmy.todayEnglish
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        16 days ago

        +1 Phone on airplane mode (eliminates WiFi/BT cellular & GPS tracking)

        1. run physical mobile hotspot device for data (like Calyx hotspot - +2pts of you pick Moxee model to also run rayhunter)

        2. connect to hotspot over WiFi with random MAC addresses (effectively eliminates IMSI tracking)

        3. Enable a solid VPN. (Helps hide location and other usage)

        4. Use chat/text/phone apps over WiFi (eliminates carrier tracking)

        5. +5 for degoogled OS with profiles capability

        6. +3 for Firefox forks like Librewolf or Waterfox with Port Authority and Privacy Badger

        EDIT: btw the tech from the article is called SingleTrace…

      • ranzispa@mander.xyzEnglish
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        16 days ago

        Doesn’t that defeat the purpose of a mobile phone?

        I have a machine through which people can contact me at any time and set it up in such way that they cannot contact me.

      • njordomir@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        16 days ago

        I’ve been inefficiently and lazily looking for something that can automatically turn the mobile network on and off again once per hour (or other period of time, potentially even randomized times).

        I have been turning my phone off every time I go to the grocer because I firsthand verified that they have BLE beacons in use.