(Phone tracking... and how to turn it off.)
On January 6th, 2021, thousands of people gathered in Washington D.C.
Some went inside the Capitol building.
Some didn't.
Within weeks, the FBI had arrested over 1,000 people.
How did they find them all?
Their phones told the FBI exactly where they were.
The FBI didn't hack anyone's phone.
They didn't need warrants for the phones themselves.
They just asked Google for a list.
A "geofence warrant."
It works like this:
The FBI draws a digital boundary around a location.
The Capitol building, for example.
Then they ask Google: "Which phones were inside this boundary on January 6th between 1 PM and 4 PM?"
And Google hands over the list.
Thousands of names.
Complete with location history.
Showing exactly where each person went.
When they entered. When they left. What route they took.
All pulled from the location data their phones were collecting.
Most of the people arrested had no idea their phones were tracking them.
They thought they'd deleted their photos.
Stayed off social media.
Kept their heads down.
But their phones kept a perfect record.
And Google handed it over.
The FBI then cross-referenced that data with other sources.
Facial recognition from security cameras.
Credit card purchases near the Capitol.
Cell tower records.
Within months, they had identified over 1,000 people.
And arrested them.
I'm not here to discuss the politics of January 6th.
Or whether the arrests were justified.
That's not what this email is about.
What this email is about is the method.
Because this wasn't a one-time thing.
Geofence warrants are used thousands of times a year.
For protests. For rallies. For public gatherings. For any event where law enforcement wants to know who was there.
Any time they want to know who was in a specific location at a specific time, they ask Google.
And Google hands over the list.
Your phone is creating that list right now.
Every place you go. Every building you enter. Every event you attend.
All logged. All timestamped. All stored on Google's servers.
Ready to be handed over the moment someone asks.
You don't have to do anything wrong to end up on a list.
You just have to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
And your phone will tell them you were there.
A protest turns violent three blocks away from where you're standing?
Your phone puts you at the scene.
Someone commits a crime near a place you visited?
Your phone puts you in the area.
Law enforcement draws a geofence and asks Google for everyone who was nearby?
Your phone hands you over.
Whether you did anything or not doesn't matter.
You were there.
Your phone proves it.
And now you're on a list.
My buddy Ed Warren spent 15 years inside these systems.
He knows how the data is collected.
He knows how law enforcement uses it.
And he just released a free guide showing you how to turn it off.
It's called "7 iPhone & Android Settings That Turn Your Phone Into a Government Tracking Device."
Setting #1 is the one that put 1,000 people on the FBI's list.
It tracks everywhere you go. Every location. Every building.
And it stores that data forever.
Google can pull up your location history from years ago.
And hand it to law enforcement with a single warrant.
The other six settings are just as bad.
All turned on by default.
All feeding the system right now.
Ed shows you exactly how to turn them off.
Step by step.
iPhone and Android.
So your phone stops creating evidence.
The people arrested on January 6th had no idea their phones were tracking them.
They found out when the FBI showed up at their door.
Don't wait until your phone puts you on a list.
Right now.
Kyle | Patriot Survival Hacks
