- 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.
Many are trackable when off, too. So, that just fantabulous.
Just out of curiosity, how?
They don’t fully turn off. I don’t remember the official name for it, but it’s a low energy state. It’s how Apple can track your stolen MacBook or iphone, even if the thief turned it off.