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7. One would think that troops within range of a cell tower

Reply to littlemissmartypants (Original post)

Sun May 31, 2026, 05:50 AM

23 hrs ago

could be easily observed by other methods. If their cell phones are operating through a government operated access point then the military is the source of the data. This seems like an easy fix or a non-existent problem.

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