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I found this creepy article from Nova Scotia about tracking cellphone traffic. Apparently, the company hired to do the analysis can tell someone's age and income level from cellphone data.

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[–] kent_eh@lemmy.ca 3 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (2 children)

Not necessarily.

A phone that goes to a university campus for a few hours each day then to a mall for 4 hours every evening will imply a much different level of income than one that goes to bankers row on Bay Street during the day, and also goes to some international destination for a week at a time several times a year.

All without needing to know exactly who is paying the phone bill, or who is carrying the phone.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

You can track phones by their bluetooth mac even if you dont connect to anything.

[–] RodgeGrabTheCat@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Good point. I'm currently researching how GrapheneOS handles this. So far, its not looking good.

[–] nik282000@lemmy.ca 1 points 3 months ago

To be 100% un-trackable you need to put your phone in airplane mode or turn it off entirely.

I can verify this. I spend far more then 4 hours on a university campus, and I'm certain they know that I'm poor as fuck.