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

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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