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Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by sss111 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @07:16PM (#36334204)
>"Through location tracking, your phone knows where you sleep every night. "

I'm sorry what?

Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by SketchySeaBeast on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @07:18PM (#36334235)
Wait until they find out about the correlation between information on driver's licenses and where people sleep.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by m463 on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @07:26PM (#36334305)
I would say maybe 50% of people in semi-serious relationships correlate with their driver's license, but closer to 100% correlate with their phone.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by xattt on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @08:24PM (#36334821)
Not only sleep, but where they shit and how long too.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by sixothree on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @11:19PM (#36336016)
And almost certainly pictures of them in the act. Though no platforms will admit to surreptitiously capturing photos.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by GenerocUsername on Thursday June 15, 2023 @12:52AM (#36336543)
We have a baby cam that sees in infrared and my wife's iphone is legit snapping photos every few seconds clearly visible in there... I've read the official reasons why it does this... But it's eery to watch in real time. Absolutely looks like a duck and walks like a duck, but the official docs say it's a dog
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by rationalist on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:56AM (#36336919)
I don't have an iPhone, so what is the official reason you read?
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by yetihehe on Thursday June 15, 2023 @02:43AM (#36337182)
It could be IR sensor checking if your phone is near your face. But should be disabled when screen is off. Making a photo every several seconds would drain battery pretty fast.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by GenerocUsername on Friday June 16, 2023 @10:01PM (#36366448)
It's while in use. It's always checking if you are looking at it...
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by SketchySeaBeast on Thursday June 15, 2023 @08:10AM (#36339325)
Pretty sure that's for face unlock. I don't know iPhones - is it possible to unlock your phone by bringing it up to your face without first hitting the power button?
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by sixothree on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:30PM (#36343890)
There was a time in 2005 era when webcams were expensive. But somehow, every single laptop produced included a webcam. And it wasn't optional. I feel like manufacturers were facing pressure from government agencies around the world.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by oilchange on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @07:52PM (#36334545)
People usually keep their phone near them. Even when they sleep. So if you know where the phone is via tracking, then you know where the owner of the phone is. And ultimately where the owner of the phone sleeps.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by aaomidi on Thursday June 15, 2023 @01:44AM (#36336849)
So does the registered address of the person.
Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by doubled112 on Thursday June 15, 2023 @07:33AM (#36338985)
I didn’t change my address every time I moved during college.

My phone went with me though.

Re:U.S. Intelligence Has Amassed 'Sensitive and Intimate' Da... by kaliqt on Wednesday June 14, 2023 @07:53PM (#36334554)
Far worse, it's very easy to know when a person is going to be asleep even with no more data.

You can use location in part, yes, but health tracking can sort out your patterns very well and determine exactly what you are next likely to do without having any further data points (if you turned off and took off all devices). It's all trainable.