> What can we do?<p>> Congress must ban federal government purchase of sensitive location information.<p>> The developers of mobile operating systems also have power to shut down this insidious data market.<p>> you can disable your advertising identifier<p>> You can also look at the apps on your phone and turn off any unnecessary permissions granted to third-party apps<p>Weak EFF demonstrates again why they lost my monthly donations. They should be recommending totally eschewing social media, replacing spyware operating systems with foss, and simply explaining in plain language - if your mobile device has the capability to install "apps" from the "app store" - the device itself is inherent spyware which multiplies this problem. Instead we get the equivalent of hopes and prayers.
> The Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures, and it requires particularity in warrants.<p>A lot of breath wasted for the simple context that could’ve helped a reader decide if the government is actively surveying US citizens.<p>1. They’re not.monitoring immigration flow as well as battlefield telemetry is nothing new.<p>2. Half these products suck, like babelstreet<p>3. Funny how this distracts from the fact that the data does exist & it’s clear where it comes from.