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compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months ago

'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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compostgoblin@slrpnk.net to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 months ago
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The Secret Service has used a technology called Locate X 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.
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    That’s insane

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      Welcome to Post Sarire Reality.

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        *Satire

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          There should be an edit function on a comment. Of course clients and federation vary.

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            Apologies, those last two sentences were unnecessary and rude.

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            There is but I didn’t want to visibly edit the comment 14 hours (or however long) after I made it.

            Hope that’s ok with you and a good enough reason for my choice. Or do you have more ‘advice’?

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      We live in a post sanity world

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