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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Josh Marcus

ICE just bought new tool to monitor hundreds of millions of smartphones. Experts say it’s dangerous

Immigration and Customs Enforcement is reportedly seeking to buy access to a powerful suite of highly controversial surveillance tools that will allow the agency to monitor people’s locations based on data from hundreds of millions of mobile phones.

The move, which comes after immigration agencies scaled back the use of such data under the Biden administration, has alarmed privacy advocates.

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