[roadcat]

If they have smart phones, they can be tracked to within 10 feet, less if they also attach to a wifi access point.

Smart phones? My old dumb phone had GPS tracking. It took me a long time before I afforded to get a smart phone. Inject the illegal criminals with a dog tracing tag and be done with it.

[Blueflag]

ALL cellular devices that are on create a record of what towers they attach to. It’s how cellular networks function.

Smart, dumb, IoT, doesn’t matter. The carriers have the data natively. IT’s how the network operates - nothing sinister.