FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden

[taylorlorenz@mastodon.social]

FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms https://techcrunch.com/2026/03/18/fbi-is-buying-location-data-to-track-us-citizens-kash-patel-wyden

[ertain@mast.linuxgamecast.com]

@taylorlorenz Apparently, Meta and other data companies have privatized the government's job of spying in its people. No longer do three letter companies need to spend lots of money to gain intel on citizens. The Alphabet company will do it for a fraction of the cost.

[softproof@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz Interesting reading, thanks.

Guess the question to ask would be, "Define valuable?"

[kzad_bhat@chaos.social]

@idiot @taylorlorenz its the same old game that the agencies have been playing at for a while... a private company is easier to shutter and reopen under another name than a whole agency.

Remember what LLC stands for.. Limited Liability..

[mayama_woodged@mastodon.social]

@taylorlorenz The end result of a surveillance society.