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I'm not in this field but I was under the impression that people who know they are likely to be individually targeted use two (or more) phones and the one they use for their (target-worthy activity) is kept heavily locked down. Inconvenient to be sure but it seems like an unavoidable cost of being in that business.

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It depends what the use case is, does the adversary want to read your email, tap your microphone or track your location?

You need to consider your location known to the government at all times if they know they'd want it beforehand. Most places are either surveilled heavily or sparsely populated, i.e. good for satellite-based observation. Maybe also to big enough corporations if they really want.

This does not imply that it is easy to track everyone everywhere at all times. I guess most targeted ones would like to protect their communication, and even meetings in person are possible if you keep some safeguards.

You’re assuming America, and on local soil. There are plenty of places where your statements are inaccurate.

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