take your phone to a protest
take your phone to a protest
hee hee hoo hoo you should definitely bring the self-surveillance device that is registered in your name, covered in cameras, and reports its location at all times to a legally dubious event
great plan
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Not to mention the police have these systems to track you forever if they tag your phones.
Yes, for clarity your IMSI is tied to your identity on the provider. You would need to get a new provider and new SIM card for this number to change. Not an easy thing for the average person.
Providers share imei numbers and also with police if reported stolen
That's good to know!
This sounds paranoid, etc., but it must just be stated
Every single US telecom works willingly with the US government to provide them literally any and all info they request for anyone at any time.
AT&T is effectively just a privatized part of the government and they also happen to own most of the "backbone" of the internet.
It's just this giant jumble of public funds going to the private ISPs and then into the capitalist owner's pockets. They cooperate because it's profitable to work adjacent to "national security" stuff and because most people don't know/care the extent that they "legally" spy on you.
So I just say, without paranoia or exaggeration, anything you say online can/will be used if you're planning/doing illegal things. And none of the encrypted apps are gonna save your ass either including VPNs. Theoretically a lot of that can protect you, but even assuming it has no backdoors and is legitimately secure, people always make mistakes eventually.
In person, "meat space" discussions with no electronics nearby is the only effective way to eliminate the surveillance