remember when that "Presidential Emergency" amber alert went out? he got all our

[Demonaut]

phone numbers and the associated data with it, he's capable of locating anyone anytime
Now he's asking to use that info to track people

https://www.cnn.com/2020/03/18/tech/us-government-location-data-coronavirus/index.html

this terrible news

[BusyBeingBest]

1. No one in my household even got that text.

We must not be in their database, and I'm glad.

[Demonaut]

2. this was over a year ago, I didn't like receiving anything from him but I heard the announcement

[Demonaut]

5. it was a amber alert

[BusyBeingBest]

6. We didn't get it, still. I remember when it happened and

and I checked with my husband and sons (we share a phone plan) and none of us got it. Weird but true. Not sure why.

[Demonaut]

8. it just sounded an alarm, I dont remember if it sent a message too

[bamagal62]

3. I don't remember getting a text.

[Demonaut]

4. it was like an "amber alert", sorry, not a text

[2naSalit]

7. I leave my phone at home a lot.

So it probably won't have much impact on me.

[Demonaut]

9. do you leave it on?

it replied

[2naSalit]

10. Well, I wonder how it can track me

if it sits at home and I go someplace else.

[Demonaut]

12. tracking is only part of the data, what if they had the ability to pull data from your phone and had

a program that looks at associated words...this is about giving trump all your info, we text more than talk now, the voice recordings are a much larger file and have to be interpreted, text does not...idk

[2naSalit]

13. Well, they'd wasting their time there.

I might talk on the phone three times a week and about the same with texting. I only check my email twice a week.

Maybe they'' find out how boring most of us are.

[Demonaut]

15. search engines are now smart, self populating like waze or apple maps, it sifts through the chaff

very quickly

[jberryhill]

11. The emergency alert has nothing to do with the story you linked

The location of every cell phone is inherently knowable, because otherwise the system wouldn’t work.

It has always been that way, because it has to be that way. The “cell” in “cell phone” refers to the cellular arrangement of local areas around each transmission tower.

The emergency alert system did not provide the government with location data of cell phones. It does allow messages to be sent to devices within a defined area, but there it would be fundamentally stupid for the system to be collecting data on any phones.

The technical requirements for the system were developed in 2007 and 2008. Perhaps some historical genius will figure out who was President then.

[Demonaut]

14. it's not just about location data, does the government need to get a warrant to get cell phone info

on private citizens?..this would violate privacy laws, I would not underestimate them
plus the cat is out of the bag, this tracking access works on a early outbreak

[jberryhill]

16. The presidential emergency alert has nothing to do with anything you are babbling about

[Demonaut]

17. what is the "presidential emergency alert' meant for?..why was it activated?

[jberryhill]

20. Do I look like Google to you?

Here:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wireless_Emergency_Alerts#Participation

Welcome to Democratic Underground. If you want to accuse a Democratic administration of having hatched some evil plot, it would be helpful if you at least took some minimal effort to figure out what you are talking about.

[Demonaut]

21. that was helpful..not, I was not asking you a question...it was a posit

https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=posit

[Demonaut]

22. and this is NOT a Democratic administration, wtf?

[Lulu KC]

18. What strikes me is that he isn't using it

I mean--isn't this an emergency? Like "stay home, people," maybe?
Oh, never mind. Lost in fantasy that someone was actually leading.

[Demonaut]

19. you;re right, they don't want to remind you

any power that he asks for is always meant for negative exploitation