Revealed: Home Affairs paying to access controversial tool tracking mobile phone movements

Agency has had access to Locate X since at least 2021, documents show, amid questions about use of data that may contain people's sensitive information

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Home Affairs has paid an American intelligence company to access Locate X, a controversial tool that can track the movement of smartphones.

The agency has had access to the product since at least 2021, according to correspondence between Home Affairs and Babel Street obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information (FOI) laws.

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