So I’ve just been thinking about privacy, and how everyone’s location can be tracked. Then I realized: What about people who have no permission to enter the country?

Like do they just decide to not have a phone, or do they still have phones and just roll the dice and hope they don’t get caught?

  • stinerman@midwest.social
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    3 months ago

    I assume they roll the dice because it’s rather hard to get by without a phone.

    Also, it’s not like the government is actively tracking everyone’s location. I’m sure if they wanted to track me they could, but it’s not like my position is being actively logged right now.

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      3 months ago

      It’s definitely being logged by your Telco and phone manufacturer. Police can send them warrants to ask which phones were in X area around Y time frame and go from there.

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        3 months ago

        Of course. But they need to ask. The FBI or local police doesn’t get a daily report of our whereabouts every day.