Law enforcement typically issues a warrant to telecom providers for access to customer location “tower dump” data. Now we have learned Customs and Border Protection purchased location data based on ad IDs.
Read more in our weekly digital security newsletter, and subscribe.
https://freedom.press/digisec/blog/cbp-bought-ad-location-data-for-surveillance/
Freedom of the Press
npub1hx…xcaxd
2026-03-18 17:03:10 UTC
Author Public Key
npub1hxaptp0m0nrlj2jzlh90d5pdc35nkp4emweuj07quuturvg8trqsyxcaxdSeen on
wss://relay.momostr.pinkPublished at
2026-03-18 17:03:10 UTCEvent JSON
{
"id": "99c4e469ab614f4289c994f6e0dc23e61cba120b8d4e7abd3bd8f0beb7aa48a9",
"pubkey": "b9ba1585fb7cc7f92a42fdcaf6d02dc4693b06b9dbb3c93fc0e717c1b10758c1",
"created_at": 1773853390,
"kind": 1,
"tags": [
[
"proxy",
"https://social.freedom.press/@freedomofpress/116251255827686897",
"web"
],
[
"proxy",
"https://social.freedom.press/users/freedomofpress/statuses/116251255827686897",
"activitypub"
],
[
"L",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"l",
"pink.momostr.activitypub:https://social.freedom.press/users/freedomofpress/statuses/116251255827686897",
"pink.momostr"
],
[
"-"
]
],
"content": "Law enforcement typically issues a warrant to telecom providers for access to customer location “tower dump” data. Now we have learned Customs and Border Protection purchased location data based on ad IDs.\n\nRead more in our weekly digital security newsletter, and subscribe.\n\nhttps://freedom.press/digisec/blog/cbp-bought-ad-location-data-for-surveillance/",
"sig": "3798e431ea1dc7b98bb1c6005873ff2f747cbd36efa8b56fdfe6a19fe226617cd6993a0f46d3e7c6031f837222381c6b573ec28c3f9c280b9d4b1605d6661bf0"
}