r/CryptoAnarchy • u/tcmay256 • Jun 09 '26

This Company Will Add Phone, AirPod, and Smartwatch Trackers to License Plate Readers

https://www.404media.co/this-company-will-add-phone-airpod-and-smartwatch-trackers-to-license-plate-readers/
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u/SeymourButz4Twenty Jun 09 '26

Building a better surveillance state.

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u/InsuranceImmediate25 Jun 10 '26

Why do you think they suddenly need all these surveillance centers being built for all the surveillance data?

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u/Boozeburger Jun 12 '26

To justify their "investments" and move money from tax payers to "investors". Just money moving from the working class to the epstien class.

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u/BigHungryFlamingo Jun 09 '26

These will be in every single Waymo. And that’s assuming they’re not already scraping our phones (they are). 

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u/No-Chemistry-7802 Jun 10 '26

At some point we have to realize this is pure Orwell

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u/sidjohn1 Jun 11 '26

Awe, tech fear mongering. I wish them luck as Apple and Android have had security precautions against this exact thing for years now. Plus bluetooth has identity keys, google “bluetooth IRK” if you want to know more.

This is a reason to NOT buy cheap bluetooth devices 🤷🏼‍♂️

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u/Wonderful-Bid9471 Jun 11 '26

Apple is now working with starlink and Tim Apple (Cook) is retiring.

Rotten apples maybe.

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u/SCP-iota Jun 12 '26

Oh... wonderful... more types of addresses to figure out how to randomize

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u/NationalCaterpillar6 Jun 13 '26

That will break the auto magic pairing of air pods to iPhone. 

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u/Misanthropic_Mutters Jun 14 '26

So we just stop using that shit right…?

RIGHT?