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The Constitutionality of Geofence Warrants bjcl.org/blog/the-constitutionality-of-geofence-warrants

557 sats \ 12 comments \ @siggy47 2 Oct Politics_And_Law

Geofence warrants allow law enforcement to use databases in order to determine who was in a particular area at a certain time. These search warrants are used to compel private companies to hand over geolocation data on all users and devices in a specific “geofence” area. These warrants are atypical because they don’t name a particular suspect or group, instead they are used to obtain information indiscriminately.

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143 sats \ 2 replies \ @SatsMate 3 Oct

I work directly with geofencing technology at my day job and I have got to tell you - it is scary how good this technology is getting. It can track very fine details across zones, longitude/latitude and more.

Get away from your cellphones!

20 sats \ 0 replies \ @siggy47 OP 3 Oct

Thanks for your insight!

143 sats \ 0 replies \ @Signal312 3 Oct

I rented an electric scooter recently. Thought I could go along this really nice beachfront bike trail, but no...the scooter looses power as soon as it gets on it. Geofencing locked me out.

43 sats \ 1 reply \ @Signal312 2 Oct

If you turn off google location history, then this is (supposedly) not stored? If you your phone is off, this is not stored? If you use OpenStreetMaps instead of Google Maps (need a graphene device, where you can actually delete Google Maps), I'm assuming nobody has this data.

353 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 2 Oct

Unless you are roaming I believe the cell phone provider has this data no matter what phone or software you use. If your SIM and IMEI is KYC'd they will know who you are.

To my knowledge there is no way to have a working cell phone where the cell tower does not know your IMEI

So, if you want to avoid these dragnets you should buy a pixel with cash, no KYC. Buy an eSim from https://silent.link/ anonymously.

But even then, if you have patterns like using that phone at home, taking it with you to work or when you go out. Your patterns will connect you to your address. Which for most people is know by authories if not public.

It is possible to not expose yourself but very inconvenient.

43 sats \ 6 replies \ @Satosora 2 Oct

This used this at the capitol house riot, right?

64 sats \ 5 replies \ @Signal312 2 Oct

Yes.

From the article:

These warrants were used on an unprecedented scale in order to identify over 5,000 devices at the US Capitol during the January 6th riot. The FBI were able to identify phones that were on airplane mode or out of service, and even received data about users who had attempted to delete their location history after the fact. In fact, the attempts to delete location history after the riot were used by the FBI to single out 37 individuals for further investigation.7

34 sats \ 4 replies \ @Satosora 2 Oct

What is your take on this? Too much power for the government?

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @Signal312 2 Oct

Oh heck yeah.

They should definitely need a search warrant with a name for this kind of data. At the very least.