'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data
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.
They will justify what they want. The rules are made up, and the laws don't matter.
I've made my peace with the eventual gestapo knock on my door. If you haven't, just stop using social media entirely but it's probably to late if you can see this.
Opting out of social media these days is considered inherently suspicious. It definitely came up the last time I had to undergo a background check for work.
I have a LinkedIn account. It has the list of recent jobs I’ve held and my education.
That’s my social media presence.
Things like Lemmy are my secondary presence that I keep anonymous.
It’s never been an issue during my background checks. But then, if anyone ever dared to ask me about my lack of presence, I’d give them a level stare and tell them that I practice what I preach.
I have created a Home Alone inspired shotgun trap at my front door for when the inevitable comes knocking at my door for shitposting too close to the sun. (This is also a shitpost, maybe)
Agreeing to location services for the purpose of performing the apps intended use, is not the same as agreeing that the government can track your location on a whim. Where the fuck are the constitutional lawyers who fight this kind of egregious constitutional violation?
The trick that the Government has learned is that it's easier and cheaper to buy your location data from a third party.
No warrant necessarily since the data is available to anyone who wants to buy it.
It shouldn't be though. Nothing a company gleans from your use of a product should be available for purchase by any third party. This should have been legislated two decades ago.
Here's the article without the fucking pay wall.
I have a fully automatic 2x18tb magic hard drive. I'm a member of 4 private trackers. I've been disabling JavaScript since I could click a mouse.
404 are legit journalists and I pay the $8 a month because they do damn good work.
Wow! Impressive resume! Your opinion must be REALLY important.
We are making it available to all readers as a public service.
When?
404 demanding my private information to access their article about how I shouldn't give my private information to companies.
Fuck their feelings
I didn't agree to shit. If I did agree it was probably because some company twisted my arm and didn't offer a more respectable service that doesn't gobble up every bit of data to resell possible. Probably through every mobile carrier.
My understanding is that individual cell location data is actually protected by some court case, that's why the pigs love big tech... they don't need a warrant, they got a guy on the inside processing their request based on "trust me bro, daddy sam needs this data"
They don't need a warrant because rules are for those of us who are ruled.
Their all scamming. Because praise the almighty dollar. Its like making a decent product to rob the owner. Trojan scam practices. Vote with your wallet people.
We need protections limiting the length and level of effect of clickwrap agreements.
For now, I will continue using "inspect element" to change the text "agree" to "disagree", and completely skip proprietary phone apps.
You change the text? That's only on the user side, right?
Yes. As far as I've seen, it never changes what gets sent to the server, which is why I'm able to get away with it.
I can't imagine that the terms are sent back to the server, only the clicked_agree=True
It is. It’s pointless.