alt Hacker NewsThis is just par for the course in Russia. Government has telcos track people, and that data ends up available on the black market for anyone to purchase, for a fairly modest fee. The government has been recently trying (with uncertain degree of success) to crack down on the latter, as this was frequently used by the opposition journalists and investigators to uncover the details of the government's own nefarious plots.
The data is cross-referenced with other telcos, other SIM cards, Wi-Fi hotspots (anonymous public hotspots are outlawed), street cams, and many other databases, so it's basically impossible to avoid being tracked.
Probably inevitable to become the norm everywhere in the world.
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> Government has telcos track people
Yes
> and that data ends up available on the black market for anyone to purchase, for a fairly modest fee
Probably not. Those DBs are fake most ( all ? ) the time.
time to take the tedpill and leave your phone at home
It is par for the course in the UK and Israel, too. Oh, also Australia.
> ... as this was frequently used by the opposition journalists and investigators to uncover the details ...
Seems like Ukrainians assassins targeting Russian VIP's would be the most compelling motive for a crackdown.
Or perhaps Mr. Putin provides a feed of "currently in favor" VIP's to the black market folks, who know better than to sell intel on anyone on that list?
> This is just par for the course in Russia
nice deflection there, ofc bad russia! you did surely notice that this article is about the uk? oh, and (big surprise!) israeli cell and surveillance companies ...