I saw an article awhile ago that the police just straight up bought ad-network data about someone they were prosecuting without needing a warrant. Is there anyway to know what info ad networks have on me out there?
I know there are databrokers you can query to see what they have kn you, but those are all public records from I could find so far
Well right now I’ve given up lmao. If I ever manage to stumble on new tools/findings I’ll try to update here. Someone made a good summary of the business relationships in one of the comments (the long one)
Thanks for the heads up. Interesting read. Pretty much confirms my suspicion that collecting data isn’t really about you, it’s just the patterns they care about.
Which also confirms my recollection of that article that talked about the police using the data to add story points for their prosecution. You just need a few data points that you’re sure is true and potentially de-identify the bulk data (with some confidence, if you know the suspect’s data is there).
https://www.pogo.org/analysis/police-quietly-obtain-private-location-data-with-a-checkbook-and-not-a-warrant on police not needing a warrant