How Mobile Phone Location Tracking actually works

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» Videos referenced «
EFF30 Fireside Chat: Surveillance, with Edward Snowden: https://youtu.be/jxVpQHTyqKo
(Licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/); Changes: Animation added)
Joe Rogan Experience 1368 - Edward Snowden: https://youtu.be/efs3QRr8LWw

» Sources «
EFF - Mobile Phones: Location Tracking: https://ssd.eff.org/en/playlis....t/privacy-breakdown-
EFF IMSI Catchers: https://www.eff.org/de/pages/c....ell-site-simulatorsi (Licensed under CC BY 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/us/); Changes: Animation added)
Wikipedia - Mobile phone tracking: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....Mobile_phone_trackin
FBI Guide Geo-Location: https://propertyofthepeople.or....g/document-detail/?d
Malte Spitz Data Retention: https://www.zeit.de/datenschut....z/malte-spitz-data-r
AirTags Anti-Stalking measures bypassed: https://www.theregister.com/20....22/02/22/apple_airta
AirTag stalking: https://www.vice.com/en/articl....e/y3vj3y/apple-airta
WaPo AirTag stalking: https://www.washingtonpost.com..../technology/2021/05/
Google collecting Wi-Fi data: https://www.theguardian.com/te....chnology/2010/may/15
Google and Apple Location Services: https://policies.google.com/te....chnologies/location-
https://www.apple.com/legal/pr....ivacy/data/en/locati
U.S. military buys location data: https://www.vice.com/en/articl....e/jgqm5x/us-military
Android MAC Randomization: https://source.android.com/dev....ices/tech/connect/wi
Malware fake phone shutdown: https://www.bleepingcomputer.c....om/news/security/ios

Modern smartphones are so complex, no wonder people are confused about their capabilities. This video focuses on smartphone location tracking and tries to clear up facts and myths.
Edward Snowden explains why it is impossible to not be tracked using a mobile phone, Lilith Wittmann uses Apple's AirTags to find a secret agency and Malte Spitz reveals how powerful cell tower tracking can be.
Modern iPhones and Androids have multiple location services built in. That's why we have a look not only at GPS but also at Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.

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