Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. : technology

[-] LunchMoneyThief@links.hackliberty.org 3 points 1 day ago

Laughs in no phone

[-] IsThisAnAI@lemmy.world -4 points 1 day ago

Don't give location access. Really not that hard.

[-] helenslunch@feddit.nl 5 points 1 day ago

Years and years ago, they discovered that Google was still tracking your location, even with location disabled. That's because Google created a surveillance network using your friends' phones. Your friends' phones would find local WiFi connections, and report them back to Google, along with associated GPS data. Then Google used this to make a sort of WiFi map. So now Google can tell where you are without ever getting any actual "location data".

[-] slumberlust@lemmy.world 7 points 1 day ago

In case you are not just trolling, you need to do way more to stay anonymous in the modern area.

[+] humblebun@sh.itjust.works -13 points 2 days ago

Dismantle the GPS chip. This is the only way

[-] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Stop spreading rumours.

Just disable the location permissions. And turn off GPS when you dont actively need it.

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago

Do you know that Pegasus software now has an unlimited license?

[-] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 9 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Pegasus spies on all the data on a phone. If a phone is really infected with that, then location access is the least of your worries. But this is not relevant to this post anyway, because 99,9% of people will never be a valid target for such high-level spyware.

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 day ago

In general yes. Just a daily reminder of our dystopian days

[-] Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 days ago

No one is spending 500k-1M to hack random people.

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works -2 points 2 days ago

Do you know what unlimited license means? 400 Russian journalists who fled to the Baltic states were compromised by Pegasus. This cancer is growing fast and if yesterday it wasn't your business, today it is

[-] K4mpfie@feddit.org 3 points 1 day ago

Just make a proper threat level analysis. Are you a journalist or politically exposed person in a non-democratic or semi democratic system?
No?
Are you in a key position of a company or agency providing (for) critical infrastructure?
No?
Are you just a little shit, trolling on the internet?*
Yes? Maybe just dial that back.

Verdict: You are of no interest for a state sponsored Spy Software or some script kiddy trying to wreck your day.

*Hypothetical situation. Does not necessarily apply to the OP.

[-] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 day ago

non-democratic or semi democratic system?

Am I right that you just called Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania semi-democratic countries?

[-] K4mpfie@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

I would classify them as full democracies but if you want hard numbers I would check your countries score here

[-] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

The former is true, however anyone who's ever looked at firewall logs will tell you plenty of skids are trying to get free domestic US IP addresses off of vulnerable home networks using automated means.

That being said that has really has jack shit to do with personal privacy/security against state-scale dragnet surveillance.

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