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1. shevy-java · 1789646934 · focus · HN ↗

   GPS spies on everyone. Flock cameras too. Meta-spy glasses continue that trend.

   Now officials tell the public "we used old maps" when bombing a school with kids. That's a deliberate lie. It wastes our time to even want to lend any credibility to wanting to believe such a lie.

   1. ranger_danger · 1789649254 · focus · HN ↗

      > GPS spies on everyone.

      That's... not how GPS works.

      1. runjake · 1789655849 · focus · HN ↗

         I think what the commenter meant is that by using the GPS in mobile devices, these devices and their apps report their locations to various other places, including data collectors, which is probably how the US determined there was an Iranian commander at or near the school.
   2. t2r3121 · 1789653020 · focus · HN ↗

      > GPS spies on everyone.

      Point of clarification - GPS&#x2F;GNSS does not work that way. The GPS in your phone only _listens_ to GPS signals and is not transmitting to&#x2F;observable by the satellite. <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ciechanow.ski&#x2F;gps&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;ciechanow.ski&#x2F;gps&#x2F;

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