Nevada quietly signed an agreement earlier this year with a company that collects location data from cellphones, allowing police to track a device virtually in real time — all without a warrant.
This lawyer does a great job of explaining surveillance technologies and how to avoid them. In the case of Fog Data it works the same as LocateX, relying on the devices advertising ID. In short, deleting the advertising ID and limiting the location permissions of apps to “only while using the app” renders these particular tracking methods ineffective.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xZIZnMUbZU&t=0
This lawyer does a great job of explaining surveillance technologies and how to avoid them. In the case of Fog Data it works the same as LocateX, relying on the devices advertising ID. In short, deleting the advertising ID and limiting the location permissions of apps to “only while using the app” renders these particular tracking methods ineffective.