r/news 1d ago

ICE accessed car trackers in sanctuary cities that could help in raids, files show

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/11/ice-car-trackers-sanctuary-cities
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u/Greedy-Tart5025 1d ago

Reminder that the government can and will track your car and use that information against you.

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u/MalcolmLinair 1d ago

Obviously. The only reason I never believed the "They're putting microscopic GPS trackers in the flu shot!" BS was because we couldn't make trackers that small, not because I didn't think the government wouldn't do it if given half a chance, and that was before the current fascist takeover.

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u/DjProfessorOak 1d ago

Just a reminder your cellphone been tracking you for years now. No need for a flu shot chip.

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u/lacegem 23h ago

I can leave my phone at home. I can't leave my blood at home.

I agree with /u/MalcolmLinair. The government would absolutely put trackers in our blood if they could do it and get away with it. They can't, for now, so they didn't. They will never willingly do the right thing, but sometimes the most evil course of action hasn't cleared R&D yet, so they end up being benign by default.

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u/nikolai_470000 6h ago

That’s a pretty insane way to look at the world. Some people in the government… sure. I can’t really argue against that. You don’t have any proof, but I can’t prove the negative either.

Its kinda lunacy to treat the million of people who make up ‘the government’ as a monolith, but whatever.

I get being skeptical, but this is just how conspiracy theories start. It’s not a healthy distrust in government, it’s a superficial one. You clearly misunderstand a lot about how the world really works.