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compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data

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'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data

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compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago
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The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn't need a warrant.
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    The trick that the Government has learned is that it’s easier and cheaper to buy your location data from a third party.

    No warrant necessarily since the data is available to anyone who wants to buy it.

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        That’s the best part, all our legislators were bought decades ago.

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