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[–] Wermhatswormhat 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That’s how the FBI has been able to positively identify where people were during the January 6th Insurrection. The FBI said shortly after the insurrection that if you had your phone with you, you would be caught.

[–] superduperenigma 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Also worth noting that a fuck load of those mouth breathers kept their location on and were posting pictures and videos to Parler, which didn't bother to clear the EXIF or any metadata from user uploads.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Further, its doubtful most of them turn on things like MAC address randomization...

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Isnt that on by default on androids at least?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Depends on the Android and what OS they are running, if they're using an older phone, it may not.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago
[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

yes, but it is in a per-network basis instead of each time you connect