Wasn’t sure if they were or not, why I mentioned the jury was out on it. Regardless, leave your phone at home.
Comment on Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 week agoPardon the pedanticness: Phones do NOT completely power down. The jury is out on if they are still traceable in “standby”/psuedo-powered off mode. The generally accepted advice is to treat them like they are still tracable.
BeardededSquidward@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 week ago
relianceschool@lemmy.world 1 week ago
If “Find my phone” still works when it’s turned off, then yes, phones are definitely traceable when powered down.
LordMayor@piefed.social 1 week ago
For iPhones, Find My only works powered off by Bluetooth connections to other devices. Unless someone is scanning and tracking Bluetooth radios, they can’t track you.
The vulnerability in the article is about apps that send location data back to a third party who makes it available to law enforcement.
Mainly, this is a problem for people who give any random app access to location data.