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		pluc on Sept 9, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Privacy Nightmare on Wheels’: Every Car Brand Revi... Are you seriously considering that your phone tracks you less than your car?

dreamcompiler on Sept 9, 2023 | [–]

You can turn off location services on your phone. You can't in your car.

pluc on Sept 9, 2023 | | [–]

By definition as long as your mobile phone is a mobile phone it's a tracking device. You can turn it off just like you can turn your car off

Angostura on Sept 9, 2023 | | [–]

Yes - or rather you have more control over what you decide to let it track.

heyoni on Sept 9, 2023 | [–]

Yes.

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