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Location tracking of phones is out of control. Here’s how to fight back. (arstechnica.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 12 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Stop spreading rumours.

Just disable the location permissions. And turn off GPS when you dont actively need it.

[–] humblebun@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Do you know that Pegasus software now has an unlimited license?

[–] napoleonsdumbcousin@feddit.org 9 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

Pegasus spies on all the data on a phone. If a phone is really infected with that, then location access is the least of your worries. But this is not relevant to this post anyway, because 99,9% of people will never be a valid target for such high-level spyware.

[–] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago

In general yes. Just a daily reminder of our dystopian days

[–] Sanctus@lemmy.world 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No one is spending 500k-1M to hack random people.

[–] humblebun@sh.itjust.works -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Do you know what unlimited license means? 400 Russian journalists who fled to the Baltic states were compromised by Pegasus. This cancer is growing fast and if yesterday it wasn't your business, today it is

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 3 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

Just make a proper threat level analysis. Are you a journalist or politically exposed person in a non-democratic or semi democratic system?
No?
Are you in a key position of a company or agency providing (for) critical infrastructure?
No?
Are you just a little shit, trolling on the internet?*
Yes? Maybe just dial that back.

Verdict: You are of no interest for a state sponsored Spy Software or some script kiddy trying to wreck your day.

*Hypothetical situation. Does not necessarily apply to the OP.

[–] humblebun@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

non-democratic or semi democratic system?

Am I right that you just called Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania semi-democratic countries?

[–] K4mpfie@feddit.org 1 points 3 weeks ago

I would classify them as full democracies but if you want hard numbers I would check your countries score here

[–] magic_smoke@links.hackliberty.org 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

The former is true, however anyone who's ever looked at firewall logs will tell you plenty of skids are trying to get free domestic US IP addresses off of vulnerable home networks using automated means.

That being said that has really has jack shit to do with personal privacy/security against state-scale dragnet surveillance.