Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the world. Abortion clinics, places of worship, and individual people can all be monitored without a warrant.

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.

  • rc__buggyEnglish
    251·
    2 months ago

    Archive: https://archive.ph/bSrZR

    tl;dr: It’s basically a MAID attack, along with the usual suspects of social media, navigation, and weather apps.

    • sigmaklimgrindset@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      51·
      2 months ago

      Thank you for this, I had to scroll down so far to find a subscription-wall free link. Makes me wonder if anyone actually checked the article…