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?

    • Kapow@exploding-heads.comOPM
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      2 years ago

      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.