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ICE seeks industry input on ad tech location data for investigative use— RFI signals growing interest in ad tech platforms that collect device, IP and movement data originally for targeted advertising (www.biometricupdate.com)
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Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is surveying the commercial advertising technology market for tools capable of supplying location data and large-scale analytics to federal investigators, according to a recent Request for Information (RFI).

Framed as market research rather than a procurement, the RFI seeks information from companies offering “Ad Tech compliant and location data services” that could support criminal, civil, and administrative investigations across ICE’s mission set.

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[–] A_norny_mousse@piefed.zip 2 points 3 hours ago

Yes, it's better to use a phone OS and/or phone hardware that does not do that, or can be relied on that off means off. And yes, even then it's still possible that firmware blobs do nefarious things.

WRT Mozilla location services: I'm not 100% informed, but there's yet another alternative. Community-driven iirc.

My bank does not require Google integrity checks. Change your bank?

And yes, cell tower triangulation is always a thing even on dumb phones.