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'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data (www.404media.co)

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[-] UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml 84 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

They will justify what they want. The rules are made up, and the laws don't matter.

I've made my peace with the eventual gestapo knock on my door. If you haven't, just stop using social media entirely but it's probably to late if you can see this.

Even not having an account is enough I would guess (I'm no computer wizard). Even wizards screw up a spell now and again (thanks computer wizards for your community service, I do love gaming a shitton and lemmy is Hella rad)

IP addresses linked to threads opened, comments sections browsed can be used to create a profile by some dipshit AI programmed by some dipshit. Zero social media is the only way. Just don't look at it.

Just don't look

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 17 points 3 days ago

Opting out of social media these days is considered inherently suspicious. It definitely came up the last time I had to undergo a background check for work.

[-] adespoton@lemmy.ca 13 points 3 days ago

I have a LinkedIn account. It has the list of recent jobs I’ve held and my education.

That’s my social media presence.

Things like Lemmy are my secondary presence that I keep anonymous.

It’s never been an issue during my background checks. But then, if anyone ever dared to ask me about my lack of presence, I’d give them a level stare and tell them that I practice what I preach.

[-] krolden@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

How so?

[-] drwho@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago

They said straight up, "I googled you and couldn't find a Twitter or Facebook account. What are you hiding?" I had to teach them who Armand Jean du Plessis was.

[-] stink@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 3 days ago

I have created a Home Alone inspired shotgun trap at my front door for when the inevitable comes knocking at my door for shitposting too close to the sun. (This is also a shitpost, maybe)

[-] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 65 points 3 days ago

I didn't agree to shit. If I did agree it was probably because some company twisted my arm and didn't offer a more respectable service that doesn't gobble up every bit of data to resell possible. Probably through every mobile carrier.

[-] sunzu2@thebrainbin.org 24 points 3 days ago

My understanding is that individual cell location data is actually protected by some court case, that's why the pigs love big tech... they don't need a warrant, they got a guy on the inside processing their request based on "trust me bro, daddy sam needs this data"

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 3 days ago

They don't need a warrant because rules are for those of us who are ruled.

[-] OhVenus_Baby@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 days ago

Their all scamming. Because praise the almighty dollar. Its like making a decent product to rob the owner. Trojan scam practices. Vote with your wallet people.

[-] millie@beehaw.org 22 points 3 days ago

404 demanding my private information to access their article about how I shouldn't give my private information to companies.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 48 points 3 days ago

Agreeing to location services for the purpose of performing the apps intended use, is not the same as agreeing that the government can track your location on a whim. Where the fuck are the constitutional lawyers who fight this kind of egregious constitutional violation?

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 40 points 3 days ago

Reminds me of that disney case where they claimed agreeing to the terms on disney+ meant they could kill that guys wife.

[-] ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 5 points 3 days ago

what???

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 30 points 3 days ago

Disney say man can't sue over wife's death because he agreed to Disney+ terms of service

[-] ComradeMiao@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

That’s insane

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Welcome to Post Sarire Reality.

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago

*Satire

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 2 points 3 days ago

There should be an edit function on a comment. Of course clients and federation vary.

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 days ago

Apologies, those last two sentences were unnecessary and rude.

[-] Aksamit@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

There is but I didn't want to visibly edit the comment 14 hours (or however long) after I made it.

~~Hope that's ok with you and a good enough reason for my choice. Or do you have more 'advice'?~~

[-] MrPoopbutt@lemmy.world 6 points 3 days ago

We live in a post sanity world

[-] CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 3 days ago

The trick that the Government has learned is that it's easier and cheaper to buy your location data from a third party.

No warrant necessarily since the data is available to anyone who wants to buy it.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 13 points 3 days ago

It shouldn't be though. Nothing a company gleans from your use of a product should be available for purchase by any third party. This should have been legislated two decades ago.

[-] reagansrottencorpse@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

That's the best part, all our legislators were bought decades ago.

[-] pinkystew@reddthat.com 28 points 3 days ago

https://archive.ph/VJKSE

Here's the article without the fucking pay wall.

[-] lemming741@lemmy.world 9 points 3 days ago

I have a fully automatic 2x18tb magic hard drive. I'm a member of 4 private trackers. I've been disabling JavaScript since I could click a mouse.

404 are legit journalists and I pay the $8 a month because they do damn good work.

[-] wrekone@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 3 days ago

We are making it available to all readers as a public service.

When?

[-] Limonene@lemmy.world 19 points 3 days ago

We need protections limiting the length and level of effect of clickwrap agreements.

For now, I will continue using "inspect element" to change the text "agree" to "disagree", and completely skip proprietary phone apps.

[-] GravitySpoiled@lemmy.ml 32 points 3 days ago

You change the text? That's only on the user side, right?

[-] clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 days ago

I can't imagine that the terms are sent back to the server, only the clicked_agree=True

[-] acockworkorange@mander.xyz 21 points 3 days ago

It is. It’s pointless.

[-] Limonene@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

Yes. As far as I've seen, it never changes what gets sent to the server, which is why I'm able to get away with it.

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