ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous

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• chillpanzee@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨hour⁩ ago

  They were already dangerous when Trump told them to stand back and standby. They became significantly more dangerous when he deputized them and instructed them to wear masks and avoid being identified while they rounded up opposition. They became even more dangerous when Doge gave them access to everything the government knows about citizens to improve the effectiveness of their harassment and intimidation. They need became more dangerous when they arrested blue-state politicians for asking questions and nothing came of it. And yeah… the better their tools get, the more dangerous they become.

  But simplifying this to “experts say it’s dangerous” under sells reality so badly.

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• veeesix@lemmy.ca ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  And it’ll never ever be used against law-abiding, tax-paying, god-fearing, naturalized citizens ever—hand over heart, fingers crossed.

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• geoff@midwest.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  I hope there’s some technological way we can use to foil these attempts to violate citizens’ privacy en masse.

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  • black_flag@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    It’s called GrapheneOS

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• Sanctus@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Its honestly going to get to the point where to rid yourself from The Eye of Sauron you’ll have to make the data centers defunct.

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• socialsecurity@piefed.social ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Good thing if you don’t do crime, you have nothing to hide!

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  • SreudianFlip@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

    Yeah it’s great how the law is complex enough to criminalize any aspect of your life that is needed for persecution!!

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    • socialsecurity@piefed.social ⁨2⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

      Criminal prosecution has always mostly been used for pleb control.

      That’s why rich pedos never go to prison.

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• thejml@sh.itjust.works ⁨4⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

  Does Nokia still make a solid feature phone?

  My biggest use case for a smartphone is MFA for work, so if I can convince them to give me a yubikey instead, I’d be interested.

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