Will be interesting to see how this plays out. (Have to sign in to read the whole article, but you can see the first couple paragraphs.)

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    IP address. If you also don’t have a hardened browser, fingerprinting and cross-site cookies can help gather more info to identify you. If they were using the official mobile app, then it has likely access to a lot of identifying information on their phone as well.

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      But that would require them to admit they collect that stuff. Presumably they could deny that they track it and then it doesn’t matter what the cops ask for?