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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms

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FBI is buying location data to track US citizens, director confirms | TechCrunch

FBI director Kash Patel told lawmakers that the agency is actively purchasing commercially available location data, which can track Americans without needing a warrant.

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This is the first time since 2023 that the FBI has confirmed it was buying access to people’s data collected from data brokers

shit, 2023, Trump was president then right?
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  No it was the uh it uh it was uh the the how in in-ninety eighfor the con greshul pearance in all D.C.
  
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