2021-02-09
VICE
Last week, Google sent a one week warning to Android developers requiring removal of SDK code from location data broker Predicio, after Dec. ban of X-Mode's SDK
Predicio is linked to a supply chain of data involving Venntel, which sells location data to ICE. Google's move comes after a Motherboard investigation. Tweets: @josephfcox , @motherboard , @josephfc...
2020-12-03
Wall Street Journal
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DHS' IG says it's probing the department's practice of tracking people without a warrant by buying brokered cellphone data, after Democratic senators' request
a contractor that works with ICE—obtains location data from apps. Names the middlemen companies that feed the data. Unclear if ICE gets all data from this chain, but certainly Venntel gets it https://...
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