• Optional@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    I think people need to know this, but then they’ll state the most ignorant, ridiculous thing possible about what their phone just “did”, and I marvel that anyone is able to get a single thing done, ever, without help.

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    7 days ago

    Since it’s commercially available, could it be used to pinpoint/identify the phones of ICE or other law enforcement?

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      2 days ago

      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.

    • arin@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      Their phones can be in lockerroom hq while they use military comms on terrorism duty. But tbh most do bring it