FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol

Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by dhosek on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:04PM (#25886069)

The question is what the non-crime use case is. I can't think of such a thing. In any event, having your phone in an uber with a bunch of other phones and not following "normal" uber ride patterns would be yet another detectable pattern.

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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by vmception on Saturday January 23, 2021 @04:10PM (#25886123)

Yes, that model would be detectable, what does that get anyone though?

I found flaws with a lot of models, whether it was greater vulnerability of not getting your phone back, or having too many other phones in the same place.

I decided that more phones in the same and route was more tolerable.

But any model I didnt think of I’d like to read it.

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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by enriquto on Saturday January 23, 2021 @05:22PM (#25886697)

> The question is what the non-crime use case is.

To protect against a tyrannical government.

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Re:FBI agents track cell phones that pinged near the Capitol by dhosek on Thursday January 28, 2021 @09:28AM (#25942186)

In the case of a tyrannical government, it would be easy to detect use of this service and the tyrannical government would have an easy way of identifying "enemies of the state."

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