• The FBI Just Admitted It Bought US Location Data [telecom]

    From Monty Solomon@monty@roscom.com to comp.dcom.telecom on Wed Mar 8 19:29:39 2023
    From Newsgroup: comp.dcom.telecom

    Rather than obtaining a warrant, the bureau purchased sensitive data -
    a controversial practice that privacy advocates say is deeply
    problematic.

    The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation has acknowledged for
    the first time that it purchased US location data rather than obtaining
    a warrant. While the practice of buying people's location data has
    grown increasingly common since the US Supreme Court reined in the
    government's ability to warrantlessly track Americans' phones nearly
    five years ago, the FBI had not previously revealed ever making such
    purchases.

    https://www.wired.com/story/fbi-purchase-location-data-wray-senate/

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