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• @ronwyden Ron Wyden on x

  Kash Patel refused to deny that the FBI is buying up Americans' location data. This is a shocking end run around the 4th amendment and exactly why we need to pass real privacy reforms NOW.

• @repespaillat Adriano Espaillat on x

  The FBI is buying your location data. Read that again. [video]

• @ronwyden Ron Wyden on x

  The government should not be buying data on Americans as an end-run around the Fourth Amendment. I'm proud to be partnering with @Rep_Davidson to restore Americans' Fourth Amendment rights

• @rep_davidson Rep. Warren Davidson on x

  The FBI just acknowledged that the federal government buys Americans' location data in its testimony to the Senate Select Subcommittee on Intelligence. This is a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment and is why I introduced the Government Surveillance Reform Act - to close the …

• @repzoelofgren Rep. Zoe Lofgren on x

  This is exactly why Congress needs to pass the bipartisan Government Surveillance Reform Act that @RonWyden and I introduced last week. We must close the data broker loophole and prevent this invasion of Americans' privacy.

• @rep_davidson Rep. Warren Davidson on x

  ICYMI: Carpenter v. United States requires a warrant for Americans' location data. The government shouldn't be able to just swipe a credit card and bypass the Fourth Amendment.

• @bardel @bardel on bluesky

  Buying information on Americans without obtaining a warrant is an outrageous end-run around the Fourth Amendment.  You know, that little Amendment which protects people in America from device searches and data seizures.  —  Guess what?  The FBI doesn't care.  🤬🤬🤬 …

• @svecrumba @svecrumba on bluesky

  The FBI is buying Americans' data and location histories - again.  Buying from third party vendors is a way to get this information without a warrant.  —  techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/f...

• @zackwhittaker.com Zack Whittaker on bluesky

  FBI director Kash Patel confirms the FBI is buying location data and histories that can be used for tracking people.  It's the first time in recent years that the FBI has said it's actively buying this information, without needing a warrant.  —  www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

• r/privacy r on reddit

  FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says

• r/technology r on reddit

  FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

• r/politics r on reddit

  FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says

• @laurenmeidasa Lauren Ashley Davis on bluesky

  FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says  —  This is the first confirmation that the FBI has resumed actively buying people's data for investigations.  —  www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

• @8072e @8072e on bluesky

  www.politico.com/news/2026/03...  Every site asks for your permission to download cookies, or for required functionality.  There are thousands of companies selling all kinds of data on you that you authorized.  Not illegal  —  Bypass sites that won't let you see news etc etc with…

• r/Conservative r on reddit

  FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms |  TechCrunch