The data tool enables law enforcement officers to see “patterns of life,” where and when people work and live, with whom they associate and what places they visit.
Fog Reveal raises enormous privacy and civil liberties concerns, writes Anne Toomey McKenna. Yet it may be permissible because the U.S. lacks a comprehensive federal data privacy law.
By Anne Toomey McKenna
University of Richmond
By Anne Toomey McKenna
University of Richmond
Government ag
To check the apps you are allowing to access your geolocation data, go to Settings/Privacy/Location Services and look at the list. All of those apps have your permission to track your every move and sell that information to other companies.