Non-Privacy

The Center for Democracy and Technology issued a small but profound report last week noting that police can buy data about individuals from third parties that in former times would have required a court order to obtain. That includes cell phone location data.(1)

If you want a mild shock and live in the US, try searching for yourself in fastpeoplesearch.com. You have to get past the I-am-not-a-robot task to gain access, but once there, the amount of information about your current and past and the accuracy of that information is pretty intimidating. There’s a clear reason never to use a street on which you have lived as a password for anything.

The US lacks the privacy laws that Europe provides. Unless, of course, you’re a member of Congress. They live by different laws than the rest of us.

Sources:

1. https://www.pcmag.com/news/guess-what-the-cops-can-buy-your-data-instead-of-going-to-court-for-it?utm_source=email&utm_campaign=whatsnewnow&utm_medium=title