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- Yes, the Government Can Track Your Location but Usually Not by Spying on You Directly [theconversation.com]
"The invisible collection, sale and repackaging of location data is a problem because location data is extremely sensitive and cannot be made anonymous. The two most common locations a person visits are their home and where they work. From this information alone, it is trivially easy to determine a person’s identity and match it with the other location data about them that these companies have acquired," says Emilee Rader.
"More restrictions on how mobile phone carriers and apps are allowed to collect and share location data – and on how the government is allowed to obtain and use location information about people – could help protect your privacy. To date, Federal Trade Commission efforts to curb carriers’ data sales have had mixed results in federal court, and only a few states are attempting to pass legislation to tackle the problem."
- Texas Is Suing All of the Big TV Makers for Spying on What You Watch [theverge.com]
"Texas is suing five of the biggest TV makers, accusing them of 'secretly recording what consumers watch in their own homes.' In separate lawsuits filed on Tuesday, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton claims the TVs made by Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, and TCL are part of a 'mass surveillance system' that uses Automatic Content Recognition (ACR) to collect personal data used for targeted advertising."
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