404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.

  • lemmysmash@beehaw.orgEnglish
    5·
    1 month ago

    Thankfully, this particular kind of tracking can be reduced practically to 0 with good informational hygiene: don’t give location permissions to crappy apps. Basically, don’t give it to any app (yes, google apps included), unless you’re absolutely sure this app doesn’t spy on you — or even better — doesn’t have internet access at all. Make it a rule: an app should either access internet or access your location, but never both.