CA85 should be a trainMar 18
Taylor Lorenz
FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden
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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Show threadErtainMar 18
@taylorlorenz Apparently, Meta and other data companies have privatized the government's job of spying in its people. No longer do three letter companies need to spend lots of money to gain intel on citizens. The Alphabet company will do it for a fraction of the cost.
Show threadyou're all idiotsMar 18
@taylorlorenz to read this story you need to let the website collect data about you that can reveal your location.
Show threadKzad_BhatMar 19

@idiot @taylorlorenz its the same old game that the agencies have been playing at for a while... a private company is easier to shutter and reopen under another name than a whole agency.

Remember what LLC stands for.. Limited Liability..

Show threadsoftproofMar 18

@taylorlorenz Interesting reading, thanks.

Guess the question to ask would be, "Define valuable?"

Show threadM_WoodgedMar 19
@taylorlorenz The end result of a surveillance society.
Show threadDoug 🌈🇨🇦 Mar 19
@taylorlorenz those delivery services could take people's phones for rides around the city to fuck with the FBI