The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention used phone location data to track millions Americans in 2021. The CDC monitored curfew zones, churches, schools, neighbor-to-neighbor visits and trips to pharmacies through SafeGraph, a controversial data broker. The CDC purchased the phone data and used Covid-19 as an excuse to buy the data more quickly and…
How many other parts of government are spying on your everyday life and how many ways are they doing it?
Another reason for using a degoogled phone running something like GrapheneOS and being very careful about the app you install.
That is one of the reasons I like this Lemmy system. Runs really well as a web App, no tracking, etc.