Police Location Tracking Tool. How To Protect Yourself

Electronic Frontier Foundation's article (author not named in the text) explains how people can limit location tracking by mobile devices after reports on Locate X, a tool run by Babel Street that compiles smartphone location data and is designed for law enforcement. The article says an investigator working with Atlas Privacy gained access to Locate X simply by asserting they planned to work with law enforcement in the future. It recommends disabling mobile advertising identifiers, auditing app trackers and permissions, using airplane mode or offline maps near sensitive sites, and carrying a separate device for sensitive trips. It also calls for a federal privacy law with a strong private right of action.