[WIRED Opinion]
> (US) Law enforcement (agencies) already buys up data from brokers. The Department of Homeland Security...purchased cell phone location data on millions of Americans... The Federal Bureau of Investigation has also been purchasing cell phone location data... These practices circumvent democratic accountability: Agencies buy the information without warrants, and in doing so may bypass prohibitions on companies handing data directly to law enforcement.
> Plus, the data may not even be accurate.
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Out of control unaccountable Federal law enforcement agencies are an even bigger threat to democracy.
The fact that they are allowed to continue to violate our constitutional rights through loopholes like this is the bigger problem.