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Re:Tile buyer Life360 reportedly sells precise user location... by NelsonMinar on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:21PM (#29501701)
The marketplace for selling personal location data to third parties should be outlawed.
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Re:Tile buyer Life360 reportedly sells precise user location... by nly on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:44PM (#29501983)
Why would the government do that? They're probably one of their best customers
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Re:Tile buyer Life360 reportedly sells precise user location... by bun_at_work on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:55PM (#29502103)
Why would they buy the data when they can subpoena it?
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Re:Tile buyer Life360 reportedly sells precise user location... by bhhaskin on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:59PM (#29502157)
Because they can buy it with out dealing with the legal system. Much easier to get a judge to sign off on it when there is no judge.
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Re:Tile buyer Life360 reportedly sells precise user location... by exhilaration on Thursday December 09, 2021 @03:19PM (#29502412)
"Military intelligence buys location data instead of getting warrants" (10 months ago): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25896626
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Re:Tile buyer Life360 reportedly sells precise user location... by lostapathy on Thursday December 09, 2021 @02:57PM (#29502134)
It's easier to convince the budget department to pay for it than convince a judge you have a legal reason for it.
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