I once went to a website that popped up the usual "we share your data with a few trusted third parties", and when I clicked "more details" it showed a list of nearly 700 it shared data with. I'm not even sure I know that many real people. And I'm sure most just hit OK to get the window out of the way.
It should be illegal for government agencies to do this.<p>Perhaps, though, this will increase people's awareness that these terms and conditions are typically extremely permissive, and that permissiveness is a real risk to them.<p>Especially now.
>The Secret Service told 404 Media in an email last week it is no longer using the tool.<p>Given that parsing non-denial-denials is journalism 101, I wonder at 404’s studious incuriosity about the Secret Service statement. Here are some questions I would ask the Secret Service on the record if this was my story.<p>1. Does the Secret Service use other tools, partners or methods to collect location data on Americans without establishing probable cause and obtaining a warrant?<p>2. Does the secret service collect the location data of all Americans, or does it target certain groups in particular? If the latter, how does the service decide who to target?<p>3. What other crimes become non-crimes if the private company hired to commit them gets the victim to check a box labeled “I agree to the terms of service” prior to watching a funny cat video?<p>4. Hypothetically speaking, is it now legal for me to start the “uber for loansharking” if my terms of service indicate that the penalty for late payment is kneecapping by non-employee gig muscle?<p>5. Can the secret service identify my source for this story by determining who i’ve been meeting for lunch at the Holiday Inn every Friday for the past two months? If so will your wife be in a lot of trouble?
If they're not using Locate X anymore it's because they've replaced it with something equal or better...<p>Or they're lying. Cops do that a lot too. But I personally think it's more likely that they have a replacement.
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This is probably unpopular, but I think secret service should have the same right to our data that the thousands of companies have. If they want to know my screen orientation, battery charge level, and location every 10 seconds, I don't see why it should be any more illegal for.them to have it than any other agency of any other government in the world, not to mention all the corporate entities...