• Earlier this year ICE ordered new vehicles equipped with smartphone-tracking hardware.
  • Cell-tower simulating “Stingray” devices gather records on phones in their vicinity.
  • Luckily, Android 16 includes new measure for detecting when you may be monitored in this fashion.
    • Victor@lemmy.world
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      8 days ago

      GrapheneOS is built from Android, right? Wouldn’t subsequent versions of GrapheneOS lose this functionality as well?

        • Victor@lemmy.world
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          8 days ago

          Must be frustrating to keep so many patch sets alive after a while. Any insight into how they do this in a scalable way?

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          8 days ago

          Ah, shame. I still consider the 10 to be a downgrade from my 9 Pro. I want Battery Share.

          I’m also less likely to be subjected to surveillance, I’m guessing, as I live in northern Europe. Hopefully. 😅

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            8 days ago

            These devices are installed in public spaces. Think Transit stations.

            I doubt north european security services operate any differently

            Plus you got russia all up yalls ass too

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              8 days ago

              Right, but considering where in northern Europe I live… I don’t think we’re a target before it’s time to upgrade phones at least, honestly. 😅