Sources: federal agencies like CBP and ICE are using Locate X, a tool by a company called Babel Street that tracks phones using data from popular apps
Federal agencies have big contracts with Virginia-based Babel Street. Depending on where you've traveled, your movements may be in the company's data. Tweets: @demianbulwa and @levinsonc Tweets: Demian Bulwa / @demianbulwa : Exclusive: Secret government phone-tracking goes far deeper than we know Piggybacking on common apps, “Locate X” by Babel Street allows investigators to create digital fence-lines & track phones from there, sources told @Protocol Must-read by @levinsonc https://www.protocol.com/... Charles Levinson / @levinsonc : Here's my latest piece for Protocol on federal law enforcement agencies' (including ICE, CBP and the Secret Service) secret purchase of cell phone location data from a company named Babel Street. https://www.protocol.com/...