eff.org,
Thu 09/15:
Members of Congress Urge FTC to Investigate Fog Data Science
In the week since EFF and the Associated Press exposed how Fog Data Science purchases geolocation data on hundreds of millions of digital devices in the United States, and maps them for easy-to-use and cheap mass surveillance by police, elected officials have voiced serious concerns about this dangerous tech. Eshoo also pointed out the new threat that Fog’s surveillance tool poses to people seeking reproductive healthcare. Senator Ron Wyden said in a tweet about Fog’s ability to facilitate mass surveillance, “Unfortunately, while it’s outrageous that data brokers are selling location data to law-enforcement agencies, it’s not surprising.”
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