Kash Patel gibt unter Eid zu, dass das FBI Standortdaten von Amerikanern kauft

>The Federal Bureau of Investigation has started buying location data on Americans, FBI director Kash Patel said under oath at the Senate intelligence committee worldwide threats hearing on Wednesday.>

>Patel’s admission came in response to a question from the senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat who is a longtime opponent of the warrantless surveillance of Americans. Wyden told Patel that his predecessor, Christopher Wray, testified in 2023 that the FBI did not at that time purchase location data derived from internet advertising, although he acknowledged that it had done so in the past.

>“Is that the case still?” Wyden asked. “And if so, can you commit this morning to not buying Americans’ location data?”

>“We do purchase commercially available information that’s consistent with the constitution and the laws under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and it has led to some valuable intelligence for us,” Patel responded.

>“So you’re saying that the agency will buy Americans’ location data,” Wyden said. “I believe that that’s what you’ve said in kind of intelligence lingo. And I just want to say as we start this debate, doing that without a warrant is an outrageous end run around the fourth amendment. It’s particularly dangerous given the use of artificial intelligence to comb through massive amounts of private information.”

>“This is exhibit A for why Congress needs to pass our bipartisan, bicameral bill, the Government Surveillance Reform act,” Wyden said, referring to legislation he is working to pass to rein in surveillance.

* [CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements](https://www.404media.co/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements/)

[Value your privacy where you can:](https://www.wyden.senate.gov/news/press-releases/wyden-lee-davidson-and-lofgren-introduce-bill-to-reform-fisa-section-702-protect-americans-constitutional-rights-and-plug-data-broker-surveillance-loophole)

* Get AdGuard Pro (DNS incl, Apple eco) or AdGuard: Adblock, Privacy, DNS (DNS premium, cross-plat) for basic ad-blocking, and turn on DNS filtering for advanced ad-blocking.

* Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Tracking, then toggle off „Allow Apps to Request to Track“.

* (Just stops personalized ads, not tracking) Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Apple Advertising, and toggle off „Personalized Ads“.

* (Older) Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services, Scroll to the bottom and select System Services, Toggle off Apple Ads (or Location-Based Ads in even older versions).

* (Newer) Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services, Find App Store in the list and set it to Never, Find News in the list and set it to Never.

* (May impact some features, not available on all iOS versions) Go to Settings > Cellular (or Mobile Data), Tap on Cellular Data Options, Select your primary SIM/Line, Toggle on Limit Precise Location.

* (Will impact some features like location-based alerts, appointments, reminders, and searches) Go to Settings > Privacy & Security > Location Services > System Services, Toggle off „Alerts & Suggestions“ and/or „Search & Suggestions“.

If on Firefox (GPC):

* Menu (hamburger lines) > Settings > Privacy & Security > Website Privacy Preferences > Check the box for „Tell websites not to sell or share my data“.

If on Safari (GPC):

* There is no native GPC toggle. However, California law will require Safari to support GPC natively by January 2027.

* (Mac) Get DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials, it sends GPC by default.

If on Chrome (GPC):

* There is no native GPC toggle. However, California law will require Chrome to support GPC natively by January 2027. You can also enable Do Not Track (DNT) under Settings > Privacy and security > Third-party cookies, but most websites are not legally required to honor DNT unlike GPC.

* Get DuckDuckGo Privacy Essentials. If you already use uBlock Origin Lite, then disable tracker blocking in DDGPE but keep the GPC.

Big surprise, fork found in kitchen. It’s not like everyone didn’t know this already

This isn’t just an FBI issue. The real problem is that companies are allowed to collect and sell this data in the first place. 

So the rule is: the govt can’t get your location w/o a warrant, unless they just buy it from a company that already has it. That’s not oversight, that’s a loophole!

Fascists did what now?

I love this: The govt has us finance invasion of our rights to privacy.

We, the American people, are the enemies to this administration. Only brainwashed stooges think differently.

Billionaires need to control the masses.

Leave your phone at home.

Using this guy to distract from Kegbreath’s Operation Genocide

Private corporations are not at the behest of the privacy laws, democratic processes, or due diligence of state agencies.

Amazon, Meta, Google etc function *explicitly* to undermine your rights.

Are you reading this on a smart phone? Do you have an Alexa or a Google Home in your living space? Can you have a smart TV? Does your vehicle have built in GPS and/or smart features like a virtual assistant? Have you ever searched the Internet for anything or posted anything on the Internet?

We’re all already being tracked, willingly at that.

For years I wondered who was paying for all the data being gathered by apps. Turns out it was us, the tax payers🤦‍♂️

The good news is that he is chronically incapable of telling the truth.

Yay Ron Wyden, our Senator. People talk about term limits but there are those in Congress who do their jobs and have a handle on what’s going on. I would hate to lose either of our Senators for an arbitrary deadline.