U.S. Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) on Sunday returned fire at the richest man in the world, Elon Musk. Recently Ocasio-Cortez has been in the news for massive events alongside Senator Bernie Sanders. Right-wing influencer Mario Nawfal took to X over the weekend, suggesting tha...

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Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-NY) responded to Elon Musk’s conspiracy theory that Democrats move the same group of paid protesters to different events.

Right-wing influencer Mario Nawfal claimed GPS data showed only 20,000 attendees—less than the reported 34,000—at recent rallies and suggested most had attended multiple past protests.

Musk amplified this claim, alleging the use of paid protesters.

Ocasio-Cortez dismissed Musk’s claim with “Someone’s butthurt,” adding he should find “a new, more interesting conspiracy theory to peddle.”

  • someguy3@lemmy.world
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    7 days ago

    Smartphones, tablets, etc. can determine their location by GPS if they have GPS receivers built into them. They can then take that location data and forward it on to companies like Google, Apple, etc. But that is done over either a cellular or WiFi connection.

    Sorry but holy fuck dude. We all know this. This what everyone is referring to when people say GPS tracking. You realllllly don’t need to go on a rant about how our cell phones don’t beam data back to the GPS. JFC. WE ALL KNOW THAT. The question still is and always was can they tell/gather/transmit the GPS location (VIA SOFTWARE THAT SENDS THE INFO OVER CELL DATA OR WIFI JFC) if the GPS is turned off and can Musk/the government get that data. But something tells me trying to get an answer from you is trying to get water from a stone. I’m out.