• CosmicTurtle0@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    2 days ago

    The trick that the Government has learned is that it’s easier and cheaper to buy your location data from a third party.

    No warrant necessarily since the data is available to anyone who wants to buy it.

    • AwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.world
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      It shouldn’t be though. Nothing a company gleans from your use of a product should be available for purchase by any third party. This should have been legislated two decades ago.