The Feds are TRACKING YOU, idiot! REPENT AND DESTROY YOUR SMARTPHONE!

[Crassmeister]

Officials inside the Secret Service clashed over whether they needed a warrant to use location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on smartphones, with some arguing that citizens have agreed to be tracked with such data by accepting app terms of service, despite those apps often not saying their data may end up with the authorities, according to hundreds of pages of internal Secret Service emails obtained by 404 Media.

The emails provide deeper insight into the agency’s use of Locate X, a powerful surveillance capability that allows law enforcement officials to follow a phone, and person’s, precise movements over time at the click of a mouse. In 2023, a government oversight body found that the Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement all used their access to such location data illegally. The Secret Service told 404 Media in an email last week it is no longer using the tool.

“If USSS [U.S. Secret Service] is using Locate X, that is most concerning to us,” one of the internal emails said. 404 Media obtained them and other documents through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request with the Secret Service.

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Locate X is made by a company called Babel Street. In October 404 Media, NOTUS, Haaretz, and Krebs on Security published articles based on videos that showed the Locate X tool in action. In one example, it was possible to follow the visitors to a specific abortion clinic across state lines and to their likely place of residence.

Tools similar to Locate X often use data that has been collected from ordinary smartphone apps. Apps on both iOS and Android devices collect location data and then sell or transfer that to members of the data broker industry. Eventually, that data can end up in tools like Locate X.

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

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.

www.404media.co

from FOUR YEARS AGO:

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military.

www.vice.com

The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant

The IRS used smartphone location data from a contractor to try to track Americans without a warrant.

www.vice.com

 

[Crassmeister]

Police may track you to an abortion clinic with this tool, report shows

An inside look at the tool, Locate X, found just how closely it could track users.

mashable.com

 

[Maysam]

just punishment for tech illiteracy (while being a willing consumer of tech)

 

[lurk]

old news. it *should* be common knowledge by now that all digital communications are compromised. the only real thing snowden changed was the level of acceptance the public has of being spied on by big brother.

 

[globekun]

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

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.

www.404media.co

from FOUR YEARS AGO:

How the U.S. Military Buys Location Data from Ordinary Apps

A Muslim prayer app with over 98 million downloads is one of the apps connected to a wide-ranging supply chain that sends ordinary people's personal data to brokers, contractors, and the military.

www.vice.com

The IRS Is Being Investigated for Using Location Data Without a Warrant

The IRS used smartphone location data from a contractor to try to track Americans without a warrant.

www.vice.com

this reminds me of a greentext that went something like this:
>buy alexa, google home, and ask them about napalm, the anarchists cookbook, and bomb making materials
>look up every material needed to buy a bomb
>upload 10,000 dick pics to google drive
>feds are now legally required to look at my dick pics for hours

 

[Schnookums]

this reminds me of a greentext that went something like this:
>buy alexa, google home, and ask them about napalm, the anarchists cookbook, and bomb making materials
>look up every material needed to buy a bomb
>upload 10,000 dick pics to google drive
>feds are now legally required to look at my dick pics for hours

the government does monitor us, i know firsthand. earlier this year i had the police show up at my place, asking questions. it was clear they were making sure i didn't plan on making the news. good to know the big brother is watching memes are accurate!

 

[Crassmeister]

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