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Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods (www.404media.co)

submitted 3 weeks ago by lemmydev2@infosec.pub to c/pulse_of_truth@infosec.pub

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404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

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[–] lemmysmash@beehaw.org 5 points 3 weeks ago

Thankfully, this particular kind of tracking can be reduced practically to 0 with good informational hygiene: don't give location permissions to crappy apps. Basically, don't give it to any app (yes, google apps included), unless you're absolutely sure this app doesn't spy on you — or even better — doesn't have internet access at all. Make it a rule: an app should either access internet or access your location, but never both.