Cops wanted to keep mass surveillance app secret; privacy advocates refused
Created on 2022-09-04T21:16:14-05:00
Software name "Fog Reveal."
Complex where big tech and others siphon data from the public and sell to data brokers for money. Brokers then sell data to downstream sources that purchase it, package it in to applications, and then sell to private intelligence and police firms.
Police can access data from the market system without legal recourse.