I'm very wary of this sort of tracking, and I do take it seriously... but I just want to point out that this number could make the tracking sound more widespread than it actually is.
The article implies that certain targets are pinged continually in order to establish their patterns. Pinging somebody once per minute for an entire day would come out to 1,440 messages.
Not saying the number is or isn't inflated, just pointing out that they could potentially have tracked a very small number of people for a while.
The article implies that certain targets are pinged continually in order to establish their patterns. Pinging somebody once per minute for an entire day would come out to 1,440 messages.
Not saying the number is or isn't inflated, just pointing out that they could potentially have tracked a very small number of people for a while.