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1. Ars Technica (arstechnica@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 08:08:09 JST Ars Technica

   Phone tracking tool lets government agencies follow your every move

   Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew?

   https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone-tracking-tool-lets-government-agencies-follow-your-every-move/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

   • vitaut 🤍❤️🤍 🇺🇦 (vitaut@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 08:12:15 JST vitaut 🤍❤️🤍 🇺🇦

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     @arstechnica

   • b3thv3 (b3thv3@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 08:17:56 JST b3thv3

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     @arstechnica Do you think it's time to leave the phone at home and go back to pagers? :)

   • Brokar (brokar@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 08:22:02 JST Brokar

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     @arstechnica "Who knew?"

     Everybody. People even consented to that. Nobody cared because most people can't think that far ahead.

   • MegatronicThronBanks (megatronicthronbanks@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 24-Oct-2024 08:24:06 JST MegatronicThronBanks

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     @arstechnica Um, they could always track you via the IMEI anyway. This is nothing new.