Scary. That's seriously f'd, but I don't know what I expected. It shouldn't be a surprise that if you carry a cellphone asking, the govt will use it to track you.

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Noted...doing a crime leave your cell phone behind.

So ads not just add an unwanted ton of data they also make sure anyone who pays for it gets to know where you live and work.

I wonder how this works for the EU with the GDPR in place. Companies that offer their apps to EU citizens are bound by the GDPR.

Easier said than done, CCTV is always watching

But you wont be tracked to the scene with Fog Reveal....was my point

But if we’ve given up our expectation of privacy, why do they not disclose in court that it was used in the case? That tells me they know it’s unconstitutional.

Are "dumb phones" a good way to avoid uneccessary surveillance?

From what I've read you need to do this regularly so as to create a pattern. Leaving your phone at home only when committing a crime is suspect.

You would need to not use your phone when you are home, and not answer calls etc... So when you leave without it it would have the same baseline activity.

Also your car has GPS tracking shit it in too so you can't use that either.

Dumb phones will still ping cellphone towers and geolocate you.

You are right....I was being an ass....I think the article called it a life pattern or something.

I suspect an outlier event at the time of event would be suspect too.