FBI Tells Senate It’s Still Bypassing 4th Amendment By Purchasing Location Data From Third Parties

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.techdirt.com/2026/03/27/fbi-tells-senate-its-still-bypassing-4th-amendment-by-purchasing-location-data-from-third-parties/

🔎 Imagine the shock on the #fraudsters faces, in real time, when the #insecure #AdvertisingNetwork known for #fraud plans the fraud on its discussion forums then is unpleasantly surprised when these forums and the fake accounts created to ' support some narrative ' were shown side by side...

🍿🤡🍿🤡🍿🤡🍿🤡🍿🤡🍿🤡

🔎 Bet you can thank #3rdPartyData for the #ediscovery results 🔍

🍿🍿🍿🍿👀

🤡🎪🦁🎪🤡🎪🦁🎪🤡🦁🤡🎪

Imagine a world where #Meta doesn't _have_ to deal with #ediscovery requests because all the #Meta data is already replicated off #Meta for #ediscovery because #3rdPartyData.... Rules! 😃

#SurveillanceCapitalism #ediscovery #MetaOversight #3rdPartyData

Boosted By #ThreadsNet Bot!

#Meta #memes today 📰📡🛰️🧾💩👁️

#3rdPartyData 📡🛰️🧾'$ #ediscovery

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2023/08/meta-finally-caved-to-eu-demands-to-get-consent-for-personalized-ads/

#Meta resisted using a consent legal basis for #datacollection…because it makes it too easy for app users to opt out. When Apple started asking iPhone users for consent…many users opted out, and Meta's ad revenue took a huge hit as it lost access to…#3rdpartydata…Meta's ad revenue could take an even bigger hit because of those tweaks if the algorithm is now overly reliant on the company's own data collection, which could soon experience a sudden decrease in volume.

Third-party web trackers log what you type before submitting

An extensive study looking into the top 100k ranking websites has revealed that many are leaking information you enter in the site forms to third-party trackers before you even press submit.

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/third-party-web-trackers-log-what-you-type-before-submitting/

#tracking #3rdpartydata