#locatex — Public Fediverse posts
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...Möglichkeiten zur Durchführung von Online-Ermittlungen, Webrecherchen und verdeckten Ermittlungen“ bietet
- #LocateX: ein Tool, mit dem die #ICE eine riesige Datenbank mit Standortdaten durchsuchen kann, die von Smartphones erfasst wurden. Das von #BabelStreet entwickelte 👉Tool nutzt Daten, die über gewöhnliche, auf den Handys der Nutzer installierte Apps oder über das Werbe-Ökosystem gewonnen werden👈.
#404Media berichtete bereits darüber, wie das 👉Tool zur Ortung von Handys👈 in...
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...Möglichkeiten zur Durchführung von Online-Ermittlungen, Webrecherchen und verdeckten Ermittlungen“ bietet
- #LocateX: ein Tool, mit dem die #ICE eine riesige Datenbank mit Standortdaten durchsuchen kann, die von Smartphones erfasst wurden. Das von #BabelStreet entwickelte 👉Tool nutzt Daten, die über gewöhnliche, auf den Handys der Nutzer installierte Apps oder über das Werbe-Ökosystem gewonnen werden👈.
#404Media berichtete bereits darüber, wie das 👉Tool zur Ortung von Handys👈 in...
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"Locate X–and other similar services–are able to do this by taking advantage of our largely unregulated location data market.
Unfettered location tracking puts us all at risk. Law enforcement agencies can purchase their way around warrant requirements and bad actors can pay for services that make it easier to engage in stalking and harassment. Location tracking tools particularly threaten groups especially vulnerable to targeting, such as immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, and even U.S. intelligence personnel abroad. Crucially, in a post-Dobbs United States, location surveillance also poses a serious danger to abortion-seekers across the country.
EFF has warned before about how the location data market threatens reproductive rights. The recent reports on Locate X illustrate even more starkly how the collection and sale of location data endangers patients in states with abortion bans and restrictions."
#USA #LocationData #DataProtection #Privacy #LocateX #Surveillance
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"Locate X–and other similar services–are able to do this by taking advantage of our largely unregulated location data market.
Unfettered location tracking puts us all at risk. Law enforcement agencies can purchase their way around warrant requirements and bad actors can pay for services that make it easier to engage in stalking and harassment. Location tracking tools particularly threaten groups especially vulnerable to targeting, such as immigrants, the LGBTQ+ community, and even U.S. intelligence personnel abroad. Crucially, in a post-Dobbs United States, location surveillance also poses a serious danger to abortion-seekers across the country.
EFF has warned before about how the location data market threatens reproductive rights. The recent reports on Locate X illustrate even more starkly how the collection and sale of location data endangers patients in states with abortion bans and restrictions."
#USA #LocationData #DataProtection #Privacy #LocateX #Surveillance
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"Officials inside the Secret Service clashed over whether they needed a warrant to use location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on smartphones, with some arguing that citizens have agreed to be tracked with such data by accepting app terms of service, despite those apps often not saying their data may end up with the authorities, according to hundreds of pages of internal Secret Service emails obtained by 404 Media.
The emails provide deeper insight into the agency’s use of Locate X, a powerful surveillance capability that allows law enforcement officials to follow a phone, and person’s, precise movements over time at the click of a mouse. In 2023, a government oversight body found that the Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement all used their access to such location data illegally. The Secret Service told 404 Media in an email last week it is no longer using the tool."
#USA #LocationData #Geolocation #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection #Intelligence #LocateX
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"Officials inside the Secret Service clashed over whether they needed a warrant to use location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on smartphones, with some arguing that citizens have agreed to be tracked with such data by accepting app terms of service, despite those apps often not saying their data may end up with the authorities, according to hundreds of pages of internal Secret Service emails obtained by 404 Media.
The emails provide deeper insight into the agency’s use of Locate X, a powerful surveillance capability that allows law enforcement officials to follow a phone, and person’s, precise movements over time at the click of a mouse. In 2023, a government oversight body found that the Secret Service, Customs and Border Protection, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement all used their access to such location data illegally. The Secret Service told 404 Media in an email last week it is no longer using the tool."
#USA #LocationData #Geolocation #Surveillance #Privacy #DataProtection #Intelligence #LocateX
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Another day, another way that government agencies do an end-run around the 4th Amendment by getting your data from private data brokers. In this case, it's the US Secret Service, Customs and Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — aka ICE or "la Migra" — getting your location data from a tool called "Locate X".
#security #surveillance #tracking #LocateX #spying #opsec #4thAmendment
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Another day, another way that government agencies do an end-run around the 4th Amendment by getting your data from private data brokers. In this case, it's the US Secret Service, Customs and Border Patrol, and Immigration and Customs Enforcement — aka ICE or "la Migra" — getting your location data from a tool called "Locate X".
#security #surveillance #tracking #LocateX #spying #opsec #4thAmendment
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'FYI. A #Warrant Isn’t Needed': #SecretService Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With #Location Data
The Secret Service has used a technology called #LocateX which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn't need a warrant.
https://www.404media.co/fyi-a-warrant-isnt-needed-secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked-with-location-data/ #privacy #surveillance #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment -
'FYI. A #Warrant Isn’t Needed': #SecretService Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With #Location Data
The Secret Service has used a technology called #LocateX which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the Secret Service believes it doesn't need a warrant.
https://www.404media.co/fyi-a-warrant-isnt-needed-secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked-with-location-data/ #privacy #surveillance #FourthAmendment #4thAmendment -
Headline: 'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
Subtitle: The Secret Service has used a technology called #LocateX which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the #SecretService believes it doesn't need a warrant.
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Headline: 'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
Subtitle: The Secret Service has used a technology called #LocateX which uses location data harvested from ordinary apps installed on phones. Because users agreed to an opaque terms of service page, the #SecretService believes it doesn't need a warrant.
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'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
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'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
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Babel Street operates a tool called Locate X which collects phone location info from a LARGE variety of sources. The tool is intended for use by Law Enforcement
The worrisome part is that Babel Street is not properly vetting users. Simply claiming to potentially work WITH Law Enforcement at some point in the future, is enough to gain access. Resulting in a Privacy Nightmare for every phone user everywhere.
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Babel Street operates a tool called Locate X which collects phone location info from a LARGE variety of sources. The tool is intended for use by Law Enforcement
The worrisome part is that Babel Street is not properly vetting users. Simply claiming to potentially work WITH Law Enforcement at some point in the future, is enough to gain access. Resulting in a Privacy Nightmare for every phone user everywhere.
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The Global #Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile #Ad Data
#BabelStreet’s #LocateX platform also allows customers to track individual mobile users by their Mobile Advertising ID or MAID. Babel Street can offer this tracking capability by consuming location data and other identifying information that is collected by many websites and broadcast to dozens and sometimes hundreds of ad networks that may wish to bid on showing their ad to a particular user.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/ #privacy -
The Global #Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile #Ad Data
#BabelStreet’s #LocateX platform also allows customers to track individual mobile users by their Mobile Advertising ID or MAID. Babel Street can offer this tracking capability by consuming location data and other identifying information that is collected by many websites and broadcast to dozens and sometimes hundreds of ad networks that may wish to bid on showing their ad to a particular user.
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/ #privacy -
Inside the #US Government-Bought Tool That Can Track #Phones
#Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool thatt can track #smartphones.
The tool is called #LocateX made by #BabelStreet. Data comes from two main sources: ordinary apps, whose developers sell users’ location data to a broker. The other is a process called real-time bidding, in which online ad industry try to outbid one another to have an adve be delivered to a certain demographic of user
https://www.404media.co/inside-the-u-s-government-bought-tool-that-can-track-phones-at-abortion-clinics/ #surveillance -
Inside the #US Government-Bought Tool That Can Track #Phones
#Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool thatt can track #smartphones.
The tool is called #LocateX made by #BabelStreet. Data comes from two main sources: ordinary apps, whose developers sell users’ location data to a broker. The other is a process called real-time bidding, in which online ad industry try to outbid one another to have an adve be delivered to a certain demographic of user
https://www.404media.co/inside-the-u-s-government-bought-tool-that-can-track-phones-at-abortion-clinics/ #surveillance -
Our investigation found that this fine-grained #data is being sold in an #unregulated market. There’s little to no vetting over who gets access to it or how they use it. Paired w/people-search platforms, the ability to freely mine through data like it can pose serious #privacy concerns.
#Atlas used #LocateX to search for #phones at locations like #abortion clinics, courthouses & the homes of #law enforcement officers & prosecutors.
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Our investigation found that this fine-grained #data is being sold in an #unregulated market. There’s little to no vetting over who gets access to it or how they use it. Paired w/people-search platforms, the ability to freely mine through data like it can pose serious #privacy concerns.
#Atlas used #LocateX to search for #phones at locations like #abortion clinics, courthouses & the homes of #law enforcement officers & prosecutors.
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#DataBrokers claim the info is fully anonymized. But in reality, it can easily expose someone’s #identity, & can potentially reveal some of the most private moments of a person’s life—like crossing state lines to go to an #abortion clinic.
NOTUS, along w/journalists from NYT, 404Media, Haaretz & independent #cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs, were given access to nearly 2hrs of footage of #AtlasPrivacy using #BabelStreet’s tracking tool, #LocateX.
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#DataBrokers claim the info is fully anonymized. But in reality, it can easily expose someone’s #identity, & can potentially reveal some of the most private moments of a person’s life—like crossing state lines to go to an #abortion clinic.
NOTUS, along w/journalists from NYT, 404Media, Haaretz & independent #cybersecurity reporter Brian Krebs, were given access to nearly 2hrs of footage of #AtlasPrivacy using #BabelStreet’s tracking tool, #LocateX.
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Die verstörend leichte #Massenüberwachung mit Standortdaten #LocateX
Die Massenüberwachung von Abermillionen Handys ist nun auch per Gratis-Demo möglich, wie Recherchen aus den USA zeigen. Das Werkzeug heißt „Locate X“, angeboten von der US-Firma Babel Street. Die Bedienung ist offenbar kinderleicht. Auf einer digitalen Karte, ähnlich wie Google Maps, lassen sich beliebige Orte auswählen, zum Beispiel Moscheen oder Abtreibungskliniken. Dann zeigt das Tool an, welche Handys auf dem ausgewählten Gelände geortet wurden – und auf Wunsch, wo sich ein ausgewähltes Gerät noch überall hinbewegt hat.....
1/2https://netzpolitik.org/2024/locate-x-die-verstoerend-leichte-massenueberwachung-mit-standortdaten/
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Die verstörend leichte #Massenüberwachung mit Standortdaten #LocateX
Die Massenüberwachung von Abermillionen Handys ist nun auch per Gratis-Demo möglich, wie Recherchen aus den USA zeigen. Das Werkzeug heißt „Locate X“, angeboten von der US-Firma Babel Street. Die Bedienung ist offenbar kinderleicht. Auf einer digitalen Karte, ähnlich wie Google Maps, lassen sich beliebige Orte auswählen, zum Beispiel Moscheen oder Abtreibungskliniken. Dann zeigt das Tool an, welche Handys auf dem ausgewählten Gelände geortet wurden – und auf Wunsch, wo sich ein ausgewähltes Gerät noch überall hinbewegt hat.....
1/2https://netzpolitik.org/2024/locate-x-die-verstoerend-leichte-massenueberwachung-mit-standortdaten/
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Die verstörend leichte Massenüberwachung mit Standortdaten
Wie @sebmeineck und @netzpolitik_feed heute veröffentlicht haben, existiert mit Locate X eine weitere abartige und perverse Möglichkeit Menschen ohne ihrer Zustimmung und Wissen auszuspionieren.
Wohin führt die Massenüberwachung noch? Was kann Mensch dagegen unternehmen? Langsam befürchte ich fast, dass der Zug bereits abgefahren ist...
#Privatsphäre #Massenüberwachung #Datenschutz #LocateX
Locate X: Die verstörend leichte Massenüberwachung mit Standortdaten -
#USA #Surveillance #Privacy #LocateX #PoliceState: "Atlas Privacy, a data removal company that is also suing various data brokers using a novel New Jersey law that protects the addresses of police, judges, prosecutors and their families, gained access to a free trial of Locate X, performed lookups of sensitive locations, and shared videos of those lookups with journalists from 404 Media, NOTUS, Haaretz, Krebs on Security, and the New York Times. Crucially, although Babel Street primarily sells Locate X to law enforcement or government agencies, a private investigator who works with Atlas was able to access the free trial by saying they were an investigator who may work with the government in the future, and not a current law enforcement official. No caveats were given on using the tool, such as locations or use cases, Atlas said.
In a document available online, Babel Street says the tool brings results of its products “into the physical world.”
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The demonstration videos show that Locate X has various features that can make interpreting the location data easy. Clicking an option called “clustered” shows the device’s most frequently visited locations, which often pinpoints a residential address or place of work. The “animation” feature shows point-by-point where a device traveled inside a specific time period, rather than displaying all of the locations at once. A “signal proximity check” shows which other nearby locations the device went to in a short period of time. And users can set a specific search to “active” which will provide “a daily run to check for updates.” Meaning, that a user could monitor the abortion clinic or other locations for signs of new visitors. The data itself has a delay of around two to three days and results can take a few minutes or even up to 40 minutes to display results, according to the tests. The tool can cost around $28,000, according to procurement documents." -
#USA #Surveillance #Privacy #LocateX #PoliceState: "Atlas Privacy, a data removal company that is also suing various data brokers using a novel New Jersey law that protects the addresses of police, judges, prosecutors and their families, gained access to a free trial of Locate X, performed lookups of sensitive locations, and shared videos of those lookups with journalists from 404 Media, NOTUS, Haaretz, Krebs on Security, and the New York Times. Crucially, although Babel Street primarily sells Locate X to law enforcement or government agencies, a private investigator who works with Atlas was able to access the free trial by saying they were an investigator who may work with the government in the future, and not a current law enforcement official. No caveats were given on using the tool, such as locations or use cases, Atlas said.
In a document available online, Babel Street says the tool brings results of its products “into the physical world.”
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The demonstration videos show that Locate X has various features that can make interpreting the location data easy. Clicking an option called “clustered” shows the device’s most frequently visited locations, which often pinpoints a residential address or place of work. The “animation” feature shows point-by-point where a device traveled inside a specific time period, rather than displaying all of the locations at once. A “signal proximity check” shows which other nearby locations the device went to in a short period of time. And users can set a specific search to “active” which will provide “a daily run to check for updates.” Meaning, that a user could monitor the abortion clinic or other locations for signs of new visitors. The data itself has a delay of around two to three days and results can take a few minutes or even up to 40 minutes to display results, according to the tests. The tool can cost around $28,000, according to procurement documents." -
世界中のスマホの位置をGoogleとAppleの広告識別子を悪用して追跡するサービス「Locate X」の存在が明らかに - GIGAZINE
https://gigazine.net/news/20241024-locate-x-phone-locations-network/『#LocateX のトライアル版では、世界中に存在するほぼすべての場所をデジタルポリゴンで囲み、指定されたエリアに過去数日間で出入りしたデバイスの履歴を確認することが可能でした。これは、モスクやシナゴーグといった宗教施設、法廷、中絶クリニックといったプライベートに関わる施設も例外ではなかったそうです。また、AppleやGoogleのモバイルデバイスに組み込まれている広告識別子を使い、個々のモバイルデバイスのユーザーを追跡することもできました』
またやばいの見つかったな。Apple はある程度対応すると思うけど、問題は Google。ユーザーの位置情報が送信されないようになる（少なくとも詳細な位置情報が）ようにならないと。そう言う未来が来る？
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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data – Krebs on Security
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/
#PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #StopWarrantlessTracking #LocateX #BabelStreet
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The Global Surveillance Free-for-All in Mobile Ad Data – Krebs on Security
https://krebsonsecurity.com/2024/10/the-global-surveillance-free-for-all-in-mobile-ad-data/
#PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #StopWarrantlessTracking #LocateX #BabelStreet
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Podcast: How the U.S. Government #Tracks Your Phone
This week we start with a massive story about #location data. #Privacy advocates gained access to a tool bought by multiple U.S. agencies called Locate X, which tracks #smartphones around the world. We focused on how it can be used to track #abortion clinic visitors
#abortionclinic #LocateXhttps://www.404media.co/podcast-how-the-u-s-government-tracks-your-phone/
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Podcast: How the U.S. Government #Tracks Your Phone
This week we start with a massive story about #location data. #Privacy advocates gained access to a tool bought by multiple U.S. agencies called Locate X, which tracks #smartphones around the world. We focused on how it can be used to track #abortion clinic visitors
#abortionclinic #LocateXhttps://www.404media.co/podcast-how-the-u-s-government-tracks-your-phone/
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Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics
https://www.404media.co/email/a400f89b-10e8-4910-9ee3-ac83b70020aa/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
#PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #StopWarrantlessTracking #LocateX #BabelStreet #ReproductiveFreedom #ProChoice
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Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones at Abortion Clinics
https://www.404media.co/email/a400f89b-10e8-4910-9ee3-ac83b70020aa/?ref=daily-stories-newsletter
#PrivacyMatters #SurveillanceCapitalism #StopWarrantlessTracking #LocateX #BabelStreet #ReproductiveFreedom #ProChoice
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U.S. Government Contractor Embedded Software in Apps to Track Phones
https://www.androidauthority.com/government-tracking-apps-1145989/
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-government-contractor-embedded-software-in-apps-to-track-phones-11596808801?mod=djemalertNEWS
https://www.protocol.com/government-buying-location-data
(use Firefox's reader view)#AnomalySix #BabelStreet #LocateX #GravyAnalytics #LocationData #privacy #secrecy