NEW: US immigration authorities are buying cellphone geolocation data to track people, and argue they don’t need a warrant to do it, a Department of Homeland Security memo reveals
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
When DHS buys this data, investigators only know that phones visited certain places. They need to match this information with other records, such as property records.
But this also means that the tracking could happen to anyone, not just people under investigation by DHS.
But this also means that the tracking could happen to anyone, not just people under investigation by DHS.
Because the memo declares DHS can use this data without approval from a judge, it effectively allows agencies to use it however they want — not just for criminal investigations, but as a part of the agency’s efforts to deport certain immigrants. buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
Privacy advocates are troubled by the memo. @EFF attorney Adam Schwartz called it "[an] effort by members of the government to justify the construction of this terrible surveillance partnership between the government and these corporations" buzzfeednews.com/article/hameda…
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