That’s how the FBI has been able to positively identify where people were during the January 6th Insurrection. The FBI said shortly after the insurrection that if you had your phone with you, you would be caught.

[–] superduperenigma@lemmy.world 25 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Also worth noting that a fuck load of those mouth breathers kept their location on and were posting pictures and videos to Parler, which didn't bother to clear the EXIF or any metadata from user uploads.

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

Further, its doubtful most of them turn on things like MAC address randomization...

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 4 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Isnt that on by default on androids at least?

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Depends on the Android and what OS they are running, if they're using an older phone, it may not.

[–] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

Fair nuff.

[–] 0x2d@lemmy.ml 1 points 8 months ago

yes, but it is in a per-network basis instead of each time you connect