Privacy advocates got access to Locate X, a phone tracking tool which multiple U.S. agencies have bought access to, and showed me and other journalists exactly what it was capable of. Tracking a phone from one state to another to an abortion clinic. Multiple places of worship. A school. Following a likely juror to a residence. And all of this tracking is possible without a warrant, and instead just a few clicks of a mouse.

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    10 hours ago

    and there’s no option to turn it off permanently.

    Did you actually try looking this up. Turn it off in settings and it’s off forever until you turn it back on.