Edit for y'all who thought I don't know what cell triangulation and gps tracking are: If you're involved in protesting to the extent that you might be actively tracked, you should have the proper precautions in place on your phone that make it untraceable even when you're carrying it with you.

Edit 2: "Proper precautions" includes using GrapheneOS with 2 SIMs. Only use one of those SIMs at protests and make sure to never use them at the same time. If the government is tracking you past that point, why do you even have a phone in the first place?

[–] [email protected] 32 points 6 months ago (1 children)

That’s how the FBI has been able to positively identify where people were during the January 6th Insurrection. The FBI said shortly after the insurrection that if you had your phone with you, you would be caught.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Also worth noting that a fuck load of those mouth breathers kept their location on and were posting pictures and videos to Parler, which didn't bother to clear the EXIF or any metadata from user uploads.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Further, its doubtful most of them turn on things like MAC address randomization...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Isnt that on by default on androids at least?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the Android and what OS they are running, if they're using an older phone, it may not.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago

Fair nuff.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

yes, but it is in a per-network basis instead of each time you connect

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