FBI is buying data that can be used to track people, Patel says

Pinkerton law seems dead in the US. Cannot do indirectly what you can’t do indirectly used to be a pillar of the USG. Previous incidents: 1. How SDKs, hidden trackers in your phone, work | Vox 2. Federal Regulators Limit Location Brokers from Selling Your Whereabouts: 2024 in Review | Electronic Frontier Foundation 3. FTC accuses data brokers of improperly selling location info • The Register 4. There’s a Multibillion-Dollar Market for Your Phone’s Location Data – The Markup For individuals it’s easy, you can just do things. You can wake up one day and say I will not use software that does not respect me. And problem solved for the individual. As a society this needs honest enforcement of already existing laws.