How carriers, governments, and data brokers log your physical movements without your knowledge.

I wrote a blog post about the hidden ways your location is being tracked without your knowledge.

  • somereaduser@reddthat.com
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    3 days ago

    I have a question about methods 1 & 2: do you know if having your phone in wifi calling mode with airplane mode on, prevents that form of tracking?

          • somereaduser@reddthat.com
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            1 day ago

            Can you expand on that? That’s a really interesting conclusion and I’d be interested in hearing how that would work.

            Personally I use that setup and am quite disappointed to hear that using wifi calling isn’t the best idea.

            May I should just have wifi calling off the entire time, but I would appreciate an explanation so I can plan on how to tailor my phone usage next.

            Thanks

            • tumbling4986@lemmy.caOP
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              1 day ago

              I’m planning to write a post on this!

              Wi-Fi calling still gives your carrier your IP address and location so they can route the call, so it’s not totally private.

              Getting around that usually means running a pretty stripped-down setup (no SIM, full VPN, etc.), which gets pretty inconvenient.