The US Government Agencies Secretly Buying Up Your Phone Data

We recently took a look at the way US government agencies have been using social media scanning to spy on foreigners in a way that they incidentally end up spying on Americans. Today, we’re taking a look at some of the ways these agencies are buying up phone data as a growing form of mass surveillance.

Didi Rankovic

November 10, 2023

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