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Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods by AndrewKemendo on Thursday January 08, 2026 @01:40PM (#46544744)
There’s millions of people who have been dealing with this daily for the last few decades. The sim swap networks and VPN/TOR users across the world live like this.

When I was in Iraq it was basically expected that all of your communications are totally pwnd, if you live in China you’re totally pwnd.

Cell trackers like described in the article have been in use for the last 15 years by police and law-enforcement inside the US.

why you think its eerie?

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Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods by muwtyhg on Thursday January 08, 2026 @03:52PM (#46546287)
> why you think its eerie?

You typed out how awful the situation is, and how you cannot trust anything, and then ask why it's eerie? I feel like you answered your own question before you even asked it.

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Re:ICE's Tool to Monitor Phones in Neighborhoods by AndrewKemendo on Friday January 09, 2026 @01:01AM (#46550560)
It’s only eerie if it isn’t common
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