Julian Oliver on Nostr: Good shortread by Goodin on the clandestine tracking platform Location X. Sold to ...

Good shortread by Goodin on the clandestine tracking platform Location X. Sold to government agencies, it supposedly exploits the unique 'advertising ID' accessible to the app layer on all Android phones, and (with optional user input) on iOS. The article has a brief mitigation walkthrough for phone owners.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/10/phone-tracking-tool-lets-government-agencies-follow-your-every-move/

Thanks to npub1ug4tz5p4qk0eca6fjaxqvxphnklsjxptrv30l82ga937syynnslsgft04u (npub1ug4…t04u) for the share

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