The FBI confirmed under oath that it buys Americans' data in bulk from the same companies that built your ad profile.
In a recent (Channel5iveNews) interview with Jake Laperruque, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology's Security and Surveillance Project, the scale of how federal law enforcement bypasses the warrant process became disturbingly clear.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that tracking someone's phone requires a warrant. The workaround: buy the data from a broker instead. Location data, web browsing, purchase records, utility bills, contact lists. No judge required.
The FBI, DEA, DHS, military intelligence, and other federal agencies all purchase from data brokers like Babel Street, Pen Link, Thomson Reuters, and LexisNexis. The same companies you thought were just feeding your ad algorithm are selling your digital footprint to law enforcement.
Federal agencies are also deploying facial recognition apps in the field that return a single match with no confidence score, treated as a definitive ID. Every major police department in America says facial recognition cannot be the sole basis for an arrest. Federal law enforcement made it policy.
In a recent (Channel5iveNews) interview with Jake Laperruque, deputy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology's Security and Surveillance Project, the scale of how federal law enforcement bypasses the warrant process became disturbingly clear.
The Supreme Court ruled in 2018 that tracking someone's phone requires a warrant. The workaround: buy the data from a broker instead. Location data, web browsing, purchase records, utility bills, contact lists. No judge required.
The FBI, DEA, DHS, military intelligence, and other federal agencies all purchase from data brokers like Babel Street, Pen Link, Thomson Reuters, and LexisNexis. The same companies you thought were just feeding your ad algorithm are selling your digital footprint to law enforcement.
Federal agencies are also deploying facial recognition apps in the field that return a single match with no confidence score, treated as a definitive ID. Every major police department in America says facial recognition cannot be the sole basis for an arrest. Federal law enforcement made it policy.
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