I have 26 apps on my phone. Of those, four are Safari extensions, one is a PWA and another I wrote myself. I use a restrictive nextDNS profile that also blocks Apple's native tracking (as best they can) and don't use social media. I feel like that's the best I can realistically do.

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raw_anon_1111 20 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And you do realize your cellphone is constantly sharing your location with your cell phone company which is more than willing to give it to the government without a warrant.

Whatever you are doing is meaningless privacy theatre

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drnick1 16 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I wouldn't call that meaningless privacy theater. For one, you can buy a SIM anonymously, and make the cell location data essentially useless. Second, protection at the DNS level prevents other types of data exfiltration (such as cross-site tracking by the Meta Pixel). By not using social media and communicating over secure apps like Signal, you can indeed achieve a high degree of resistance against tracking and profiling.

Of course, you can do more, such as running only trusted software (i.e., free software) on your devices, not using Internet-of-Shit devices anywhere in your home, and making sure your car is not snooping on you through it's own cellular modem.

	▲	Terr_ 9 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> you can buy a SIM anonymously, and make the cell location data essentially useless Even ignoring the first part, which will vary by country, I think that represents a failure of imagination. For example, how many other people-with-phones have a pattern of spending 5+ nighttime hours within 100m of your home, and spending 5+ workday hours within 100m of your office?

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beepbooptheory 18 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

This makes sense to me but then why is CBP here needing/wanting to pay for ad data if they can just ask the ISPs/cell phone companies?

	▲	tossaway0 17 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Paying doesn’t have the legal justification requirements that asking does, and it’s faster.

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Computer0 19 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

They are probably actively providing that information. At AT&T we still are working very closely with the NSA.

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azalemeth 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

...and the phone itself broadcasts your position to the cell towers with remarkable accuracy, 24 hours a day.

	▲	cdrnsf 20 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Hence the "realistically" qualifier.