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title: "Timeline photos Reminder:  your phone is tracking you at all times,…"
date: 2025-10-30
source: facebook
type: Archer T. Ships added a new photo.
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# Timeline photos Reminder:  your phone is tracking you at all times,…

*October 30, 2025 · Facebook*

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Reminder: your phone is tracking you at all times, even when turned off.\
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\"Remember COVID contact tracing? In April 2020, Apple and Google announced a "privacy-preserving" partnership to help track virus exposure. The system was supposed to be:\
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• Voluntary (you had to opt in)\
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• Temporary (only during the health emergency)\
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• Anonymous (no personal data collected)\
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• Local (data stays on your device)\
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A 2020 Vox article praised the initiative, noting that "keys stay on your device, not a server" and emphasizing the privacy protections built into the system.\
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Fast-forward to 2025: Brutus' evidence shows this system never went away. Instead, it evolved into comprehensive population surveillance infrastructure embedded in consumer products from Amazon LED controllers to smart TVs to street lights.\
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What was promised as a temporary health tool became a permanent tracking system.\"\
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