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OrgNet
on Dec 12, 2019
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Google Gives Feds 1,500 Phone Locations in Unprece...
if you turn WiFi and bluetooth OFF, you might be ok... otherwise your location can still be tracked.
twistiti
on Dec 12, 2019
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Modern smartphones keep recording WiFi access points even when you toggle WiFi off.
boring_twenties
on Dec 13, 2019
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That's a setting that can be disabled in Android (assuming they're not straight up lying of course), it even asks you about it during initial device setup, separately from enabling location services in general.
znhll
on Dec 13, 2019
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I still waiting for a non-Android phone with a physical radio cut-off switch, and removable battery... not holding my breath though :(
drewbug
on Dec 13, 2019
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