Nevada police may be tracking your phone's location without a warrant. Here's how.
apnews.com
Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time — all without a warrant.
  • CorrectAlias@piefed.blahaj.zoneEnglish
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    4 months ago

    pulls information from smartphone apps in order to let state investigators identify the location of mobile devices.

    They aren’t using cell tower data, if that’s what you mean. I’m guessing that unless you degoogle, your first suggestion won’t do too much.

    • Turret3857@infosec.pubEnglish
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      4 months ago

      I’ll be honest, I didnt read the article. I really did just assume they were buying the location data from the carriers.

      I’ll edit the post to make the de-google part more important :P