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by WarOnPrivacy 503 days ago
> Not really. Old phones don't receive security patches.

For a phone that was off until 2 hours ago and it's only login is the app they comm with, there don't seem to be a lot of meaningful risk vectors.

> and can be trivially unlocked to extract all relevant information.

The unlocker will maybe get one app login and 2 hours of location data.

> if you're using it to coordinate the protest that's plenty of incriminating evidence for the police.

It's one app login and 2 hours of location data. Most of that same info can be gleaned by directly observing the individual.