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XLE@piefed.social to Privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish · 12 days ago

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms | TechCrunch
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FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.
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    One of those senators (Ron Wyden) is the one that asked the question Patel was answering in this hearing.

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