— I would like to. But can you

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- Yeah, Sunday morning? Are you kidding me? If you're so unhappy, how will the district judge greet me?

- I see. So it's unofficial?


— I can. The Secret Service has gained access to geolocation data from regular applications installed on citizens' mobile devices. It simply purchased the corresponding product.

- Wait. So the Secret Service can get location data on all of us?

- Well, yes. We are talking about the L service from company B, which tracks the location of the device anonymously, using data from the applications installed on it.
Safety Tales: Opening the Door
Vladimir Bezmaly | 08/27/2020
It had been a month since Bob had received an invitation to transfer to a federal agency. However, weeks passed and there was still no response.

- Bob, look, maybe you’ll understand something?

- What happened, boss?

— We have already had the fifth robbery. Moreover, they are robbing the houses whose owners have left. But what is even more interesting is that all the apartments and houses were opened with keys, not master keys. Moreover, we have established that these are not the original keys. This was shown by metal analysis.

— What do the crimes have in common?

— Before leaving, all the owners ordered not taxis, but cars from the rental company K. With drivers. And such a car arrived. Moreover, the same driver arrived. He simply stood nearby when the owners locked the door, and then took the owners to the airport or to the yacht.

- It's fine, what made you wary?

— The owner of company K is a former policeman, and transportation safety is always a top priority there. So, he swears that a couple of hours before the order was to be fulfilled, those who called rejected the car. Since all calls are recorded and stored for three months, we were able to listen to them. All calls were made from customers' phone numbers, moreover, the recordings actually contain the voices of customers, but they swear that they did not cancel the calls. I don't understand.


— Wait, but according to the legislation of our country, in australia mobile database to obtain data on the location of devices from technology companies, law enforcement agencies need a corresponding court order.

- Well, yes. But the law is the law, and the Secret Service simply circumvents it.

Two hours passed.

- Chief, here's a printout of the routes for the last three days. I've set up the location of these gadgets to be sent to your tablet every three minutes. Is that enough?

- Yes, of course! The law is the law, but sometimes we need to work very quickly!

A fairy tale? Of course not! As The Wall Street Journal reported in February of this year, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the Internal Revenue Service, and other government agencies have acquired access to geolocation data from regular apps from Venntel.