Exclusive: Evidence of cell phone surveillance detected at anti-ICE protest
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Mobile network anomalies consistent with cell phone surveillance were detected at a July 4 protest at an ICE field office in Washington state.

Bluetooth and WiFi can be tracked as well, even with “anonymized” WiFi MAC addresses.

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May I ask you how? Or if you have more info? No criticism here, honest question. Afaik the only way to do that would be to fingerprint a behavioural pattern, which albeit possible is surely more secure than cell communication.

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The “find my” networks still function with randomized macs and “fully” powered down devices

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