Inside the U.S. Government-Bought Tool That Can Track Phones At Abortion Clinics

Slashdot reader samleecole writes: Privacy advocates gained access to a powerful tool bought by U.S. law enforcement agencies that can track smartphone locations around the world. Abortion clinics, places of worship, and individual people can all be monitored without a warrant. An investigation into tracking tool Locate X shows in the starkest terms yet how it and others - based on smartphone location data sold to various U.S. government law enforcement agencies, including state entities - could be used to monitor abortion clinic patients. This comes as more states contemplate stricter or outright bans on abortion...

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