The companies providing the DHS with location data
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A 2018DHS internal documentalso raised concerns over the privacy of people living near the US borders.
It proposed using Venntels location data to identify patterns of illegal immigration.
Secondly, the data brokers assert that phone users themselvesvoluntarilydisclose their location when they consent to GPS data permissions.
Thats the perfect gray area data agencies and government bodies can exploit.
Story byIoanna Lykiardopoulou
Ioanna is a writer at TNW.
With a background in the humanities, she has a soft spot for social impact-enabling technologies.
