[steviedotboston]

and for good measure get rid of the tracking device in your pocket that you willingly use all day to send your location to facebook, X, tiktok, etc.

[magicalist]

> and for good measure get rid of the tracking device in your pocket that you willingly use all day to send your location to facebook, X, tiktok, etc.

I don't have facebook, X, or tiktok installed on my phone.

[eddyg]

Those aren't the problem, it's any "free" mobile app in the App Store or Play Store with an advertising SDK (which is almost all of them) that uses your location to "keep your weather forecast up-to-date" but also provide data brokers with your location...

https://darkanswers.com/how-your-location-is-sold-to-adverti...

[steviedotboston]

my point is people are freaking out about Flock but everyone has a tracking device in their pocket at all times, and people absolutely love Ring doorbell cameras (ok maybe not you, I get it).

It seems incongruous to me that people are willing to recognize the benefits that these tools provide law enforcement at solving crimes but when it comes to Flock cameras somehow things are totally different. They're just cameras with really good software, and law enforcement likes them because it makes their jobs easier.

[majorchord]

Most phones have a cellular modem in it, and as long as it is on and functioning normally, even without a valid SIM, it can still be tracked by any provider or person/group/government controlling that provider, even triangulated to a more precise location, 24/7.

[sodapopcan]

Some of these sites, if not all, allegedly keep a profile on you regardless of if you've ever had an account with them or not.

[dpc050505]

Your phone very likely runs on an OS created by Apple or Google.

[drnick1]

Same thing here. I don't use that malware at all.

[dylan604]

At this point, I wouldn't be surprised if FB bought raw data from the providers just to see if they could aggregate it into their shadow profiles. Whatever the cost of buying that data, it wouldn't mean anything to a corp that prints money. Yes, this is pure tin foil hat level conspiracy nonsense, but it goes to show how little I think of FB

[flemhans]

Disconnect its modem

[elpocko]

Thank you for letting us know.

[sodapopcan]

I've done this recently. It's only been six weeks so not sure if I'll keep it up, but I have felt very little pain. I put my sim back in my iPhone the other day when I needed an Uber to go to the vet after reading that recently taxis in my city have been denying people with pets even if you tell them you have one when ordering. Sim went right back in my flip phone when I got home and I actually experienced some relief as I did it.

[navigate8310]

Enjoy your portable physical SIM while you can, they are absolutely coming for it

[butlike]

I just want a hot NSA rep. Is that too much to ask?