Why would the government have to be the source? Do you turn off your Bluetooth, NFC and WiFi whenever you leave the house? All that shit is constantly broadcasting and searching for networks or paired devices, and thus the data can be scrapped from anywhere. They specifically mention ad data in this Twitter post, so I would assume he had an app on his phone that he gave access to scan Bluetooth or something and it harvested the data they're citing. 5g makes this concept even easier, which is why there's a 5g antenna on every third light pole in the city near me.
If you're on Android and want to see something scary, download BLE Scanner app, go to a busy intersection and see how quickly you'll have a lot of every device at that intersection (hundreds of them) in just a minute of scanning. Then go out to a rural country road with little traffic and wait for a car to drive by. You'll be able to pin point exactly which devices are in their car with individual mac addresses. Now imagine you're in the FBI and you have that ability and then also the ability to look up their license plate, or cameras in other places with Bluetooth logging capabilities, or facial recognition cameras, or, or, or. It would be super easy to identify a car, or person associated with each device. They've got us by the balls, there is no privacy with a cell phone.
Why would the government have to be the source? Do you turn off your Bluetooth, NFC and WiFi whenever you leave the house? All that shit is constantly broadcasting and searching for networks or paired devices, and thus the data can be scrapped from anywhere. They specifically mention ad data in this Twitter post, so I would assume he had an app on his phone that he gave access to scan Bluetooth or something and it harvested the data they're citing. 5g makes this concept even easier, which is why there's a 5g antenna on every third light pole in the city near me.
If you're on Android and want to see something scary, download BLE Scanner app, go to a busy intersection and see how quickly you'll have a lot of every device at that intersection (hundreds of them) in just a minute of scanning. Then go out to a rural country road with little traffic and wait for a car to drive by. You'll be able to pin point exactly which devices are in their car with individual mac addresses. Now imagine you're in the FBI and you have that ability and then also the ability to look up their license plate, or cameras in other places with Bluetooth logging capabilities, or facial recognition cameras, or, or, or. It would be super easy to identify a car, or person associated with each device. They've got us by the balls, there is no privacy with a cell phone.