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misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago

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

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

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misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year ago
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Unique IDs assigned to Android and iOS devices threaten your privacy. Who knew?
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    Dismantle the GPS chip. This is the only way

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      Stop spreading rumours.

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

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

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          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.

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

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          deleted by creator

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            I thought Pegasus was 0 click by simply recieving an SMS message

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