Not everyone is aware that random innocuous apps often bundle and anonymize their data to be sold off to the highest bidder.
For example, Babel Street is a shadowy organization offering a product called Locate X, which uses that data to track people.
Now, a newly released document shows the US Secret Service has spent nearly $2 million on buying such data from Babel Street, rendering warrants unnecessary.
Based on Fourth Amendment protections, law enforcement typically has to get a warrant or court order to seek to obtain Americans’ location data.
According to Gizmodo, the Secret Service had used the Locate X system in the course of investing a large credit card skimming operation.
In the past, the Secret Service has reportedly used a separate social media surveillance product from Babel Street.
The newly-released document totals fees paid after the addition of the Locate X license as $1,999,394.
For example, Babel Street is a shadowy organization offering a product called Locate X, which uses that data to track people.
Now, a newly released document shows the US Secret Service has spent nearly $2 million on buying such data from Babel Street, rendering warrants unnecessary.
Based on Fourth Amendment protections, law enforcement typically has to get a warrant or court order to seek to obtain Americans’ location data.
According to Gizmodo, the Secret Service had used the Locate X system in the course of investing a large credit card skimming operation.
In the past, the Secret Service has reportedly used a separate social media surveillance product from Babel Street.
The newly-released document totals fees paid after the addition of the Locate X license as $1,999,394.
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