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This reminds me of that time a guy on Reddit found a tracker on his car and ended up being FBI's.

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/dmh5s/does_this...

https://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/doe17/update_to...

Wow, that's insane. I thought those "I'm definitely bugged now" / "I'm on a list now" comments on Reddit were just jokes but apparently not.

Now they just ask your cell phone company.

... and claim that they got the data from "apps".

Really, we swear. But we can't tell you which ones. Maybe the apps running on the cell towers.

I'm guessing that nearly everybody knows this by now, and for those occasional times when burying a body or whatever, would leave the phone at home.

Joke aside, your car probably has a mobile connection by now and even the dealer/manufacturer has access to the data which means authorities don't need more than to purchase it. So you might want to leave the car at home too. And the smartwatch.

Actually, I don't have a car. Is there any good way to check for trackers embedded into shoe soles?

Wear flipflops.

I suspect the cameras on buses can used to track where you're taking the body. Maybe also where you tap in/out with the extra fare for the bulky cargo.

This gives me a morbidly hilarious mental image of someone trying to dispose of a body using a bike trailer or cargo bike. Perhaps the rider might even feel a little self-satisfied about how environmentally friendly they're being by doing so.

You joke, but some shoes have RFID tags in the soles.

Down here there was a murder case recently. The suspect always replied prompt on his messages, except for the 2 hours during that murder. His phone was supposedly at home with him being out.

There were many more juicy bits in that case, but this part is somewhat in the context of the discussion. The message seemed to be, plan better next time :)

Could you provide a link where I can read more details about it? .. thanks

It is a case with many updated news articles as the story unfolded.

Here are 2 links in Dutch: https://www.destentor.nl/zwolle/de-gier-hangt-27-jaar-cel-bo... and https://www.destentor.nl/zwolle/de-gier-vrijgesproken-van-mo...

Aha, this is about the phone :) https://www.rtvoost.nl/nieuws/2089361/27-jaar-celstraf-geeis...

That’s a fascinating read. Thanks.

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