An investigation details local US law enforcement using the “Fog Reveal” phone tracking tool, at times without warrants, to search records from 250M+ devices
Local law enforcement agencies from suburban Southern California to rural North Carolina have been using …
Associated Press
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@b_fung
Brian Fung
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According to the AP, Fog can basically give police the ability to look back in time to see what devices moved through a given area of interest. https://twitter.com/...
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@jhdearen
Jason Dearen
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In our latest @AP investigation, @garanceburke and I dig into the privacy implications of a secret mobile device tracking tool being marketed to local police. Fog Reveal offers police ‘mass surveillance on a budget’ https://apnews.com/...
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@b_fung
Brian Fung
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This important AP investigation is worth your time. It goes into a secretive law enforcement tool called Fog Reveal, which uses ad data to produce location records for police: https://apnews.com/...
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@mguariglia
Matthew Guariglia
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We're ready to unveil an investigation many have been working on for almost a year: A company that buys geolocation data from “250 million devices” and maps it for police to access without a warrant. 🚨 This gives local police (for a fee) the type of powers we fear the NSA has. ht…
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@evacide
Eva
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EFF and AP joined forces for this investigation and I'm here for it. The location data broker market is a towering trash fire. https://twitter.com/...
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@eff
@eff
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You've never heard of Fog Data Science, but you should have. It's the company turning your cell phone's geolocation data into one of the most disturbing and wide-reaching surveillance systems ever used by police in the U.S. Read our investigation here. https://eff.org/....
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@adamhotep
@adamhotep
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Great reporting by @EFF and @AP on the fact that said with location access sell it to data brokers who sell it to law enforcement. https://twitter.com/...
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@abhisheksay
Abhishek
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A data broker has been selling raw location data about individual people to federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies. This personal data is obtained by the broker via thousands of different apps on Android and iOS app stores. : @EFF https://www.eff.org/...