Federal docs detailing the Jan. 6 Capitol attack show FBI used controversial surveillance tech like license plate readers and facial recognition to ID rioters
Washington Post : Tweets: @drewharwell , @drewharwell , @emilyzfeng , @evan_greer , and @kimzetter Tweets: Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : One alleged rioter, a day after the Capitol siege, said on Facebook that he hadn't gotten in trouble: “not yet anyway lol.” The FBI got Facebook to hand over his credit card info, phone number and home ZIP code. And Google shared his phone's location data: https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... Drew Harwell / @drewharwell : @kashhill @lukeobrien @RMac18 @caro1inehaskins @_loganmcdonald Maybe I shouldn't be surprised but it's wild to me how much FBI agents asked Facebook to hand over in some of these Jan. 6 search warrants. Draft messages. Relationship status updates. Rejected friend requests. Pokes! https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... https://twitter.com/... @emilyzfeng : “Investigators also sent “geofence” search warrants to Google, asking for the account information of any smartphone Google had detected on Jan. 6 inside the Capitol.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Evan Greer / @evan_greer : Look I get the schadenfreude in seeing these boneheads get caught, but it would be an enormous mistake to allow agencies like the FBI to exploit the Capitol riot to expand the surveillance state, which disproportionately targets & harms Black & brown folks https://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... Kim Zetter / @kimzetter : “Whenever you see this technology used on someone you don't like, remember it's also being used on a social movement you support. Once in a while, this technology gets used on really bad people doing really bad stuff. But the rest of the time it's being used on all of us” https://twitter.com/...