An internal DHS document shows CBP used location data sourced from the online ad industry to track phone locations; ICE has bought access to similar tools
An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations.
404 Media Joseph Cox
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Discussion
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@adamscochran
Adam Cochran
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AI makes deanonymizing bulk data easier than ever. We need to make clear that the government deanonymizing data counts as illegal surveillance on citizens. And pass some common sense digital privacy laws. The government shouldn't passively track innocent Americans!
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@tysonbrody
Tyson Brody
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This is the exact sort of surveillance explicitly permitted by the DoD's contract with OpenAI. This document repeatedly states that cell phone data to track your every move is not “personally identifiable information” - but the contract only bans working with PII, so this clears!…
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@leahlibresco
Leah Libresco Sargeant
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Fights about surveillance aren't going to be about what the government can wiretap, but what they can buy and how AI helps them connect it.
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@sesmith.lol
S. E. Smith
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Ad blockers and rejecting cookies aren't just things I do for readability or because of annoyance!
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@josephcox
Joseph Cox
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New from 404 Media: CBP tapped into the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' movements, according to an internal DHS document. Shows for the first time DHS tracked phones via process for putting ads in ordinary apps—video games, fitness apps, many more www.404media.co/…
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@tyleraking.com
Tyler King
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So while this administration is consolidating our government identity information and law enforcement is buying everything else that is commercially available, and it all goes into the big DOGE cauldron of AI chaos, all data is now the same data.
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@campuscodi.risky.biz
Catalin Cimpanu
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You should hate Google with the energy of 1000 burning suns for attempting to kill ad blockers in Chrome [embedded post]
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples' Movements
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CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples' Movements