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FTC bans X-Mode from selling phone location data, and orders firm to delete collected data (techcrunch.com)
submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Company must have refused to sell data to CIA or NSA

[–] [email protected] 10 points 10 months ago (3 children)

More like FBI or DEA. If the NSA wants it they just hack them.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Probably easier to just buy it

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Many agencies do that but it’s been established that the NSA simply takes data from companies of almost any size, domestic or foreign.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 10 months ago

I'm sure they do when it's not for sale.