{"id":24833,"date":"2026-03-07T16:25:37","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=24833"},"modified":"2026-03-07T16:25:37","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T16:25:37","slug":"cbp-used-online-ad-data-to-track-phone-locations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thisbiginfluence.com\/?p=24833","title":{"rendered":"CBP Used Online Ad Data to Track Phone Locations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"lead-in-text-callout\">America<\/span> and Israel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/us-iran-strike-donald-trump\/\">launched a war in Iran<\/a> final week that has already killed greater than 1,200 Iranians and spilled out <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/every-country-directly-impacted-by-the-war-on-iran\/\">across the Middle East<\/a>. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/5-big-known-unknowns-donald-trump-iran-war\/\">many unknowns<\/a> about US president Donald Trump\u2019s objectives because the battle enters its second week and the state of affairs appears poised to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/war-in-iran-sent-oil-prices-up-trump-will-decide-how-high-they-go\/\">trigger an energy crisis<\/a> with reverberations around the globe.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Iran is in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-future-of-irans-internet-is-more-uncertain-than-ever\/\">nationwide internet shutdown<\/a> with solely the nation\u2019s regime-built intranet obtainable, plunging Iranians into digital darkness and making it tough for humanitarian help employees, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-journalists-are-reporting-from-iran-with-no-internet\/\">journalists, and others to disseminate information<\/a> each inside and out of doors the nation. As strikes on Tehran started final weekend, an apparently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/hacked-prayer-app-sends-surrender-messages-to-iranians-amid-israeli-strikes\/\">hacked prayer app sent messages saying \u201csurrender\u201d and \u201chelp is on the way\u201d<\/a> to Iranians across the nation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">In the meantime, GPS assaults like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/gps-attacks-on-ships-spike-amid-the-us-and-israeli-war-on-iran\/\">jamming<\/a>\u2014to not point out bodily threats\u2014are on the rise within the Strait of Hormuz, threatening delivery vessels. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/from-ukraine-to-iran-hacking-security-cameras-is-now-part-of-wars-playbook\/\">Security camera hacking has emerged as part of the playbook of war<\/a>. And <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/uae-missile-intercept-system-iran\/\">missile-intercept systems<\/a> throughout the Center East are below pressure\u2014and in some instances being destroyed in strikes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/the-controversies-finally-caught-up-to-kristi-noem\/\">ousted<\/a> Division of Homeland Safety secretary Kristi Noem this week. Her tenure was marked by aggressive anti-immigration ways and ICE and CBP\u2019s killing of two US protesters. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/coruna-iphone-hacking-toolkit-us-government\/\">highly sophisticated iPhone hacking tool kit<\/a> that was possible initially constructed for the US authorities is within the palms of a number of different nations in addition to scammers who&#8217;ve possible used the instruments to contaminate tens of 1000&#8217;s of telephones or extra. Some US lawmakers are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-vulnerable-are-computers-to-an-80-year-old-spy-technique-congress-wants-answers\/\">calling<\/a> for an investigation into the specter of the decades-old side-channel hacking approach. And WIRED <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/world-monitor-elie-habib\/\">went inside<\/a> how music streaming CEO Elie Habib constructed the open-source international risk map World Monitor in his spare time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">And there\u2019s extra. Every week, we spherical up the safety and privateness information we didn\u2019t cowl in depth ourselves. Click on the headlines to learn the total tales. And keep protected on the market.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">United States Customs and Border Safety has, for the primary time, admitted it bought telephone location information from the sprawling, surveillance-heavy internet advertising business. The company\u2019s acknowledgement was included in a doc, known as a Privateness Threshold Evaluation, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.404media.co\/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/cbp-tapped-into-the-online-advertising-ecosystem-to-track-peoples-movements\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">obtained by 404 Media<\/a> by a Freedom of Data Act request. The doc pertains to a trial that CBP ran between 2019 and 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The publication reviews that CBP bought information <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ads-to-find-targets-and-vladimir-putin\/\">linked to real-time bidding processes<\/a>. Once you see adverts on-line or in apps, they&#8217;ve usually been proven to you after automated, instantaneous, auctions happen the place advertisers bid to indicate you that particular advert. The murkiest components of the promoting business can gather information out of your gadget, together with your telephone\u2019s figuring out particulars and site information; that is then repackaged and offered to corporations and entities. The information has been known as a \u201cgold mine\u201d for monitoring folks\u2019s every day actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">CBP didn&#8217;t reply to 404 Media\u2019s request for touch upon whether or not it&#8217;s nonetheless shopping for the information; nevertheless, <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.404media.co\/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/inside-ices-tool-to-monitor-phones-in-entire-neighborhoods\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ICE has reportedly planned<\/a> to buy entry to a different system, known as Webloc, that enables entire neighborhoods to be monitored for cell phone actions.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">The FBI was in a position to determine a protester in Atlanta after finally acquiring data from Swiss encrypted e mail service Proton Mail, courtroom paperwork have revealed this week. A courtroom doc <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.404media.co\/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.404media.co\/proton-mail-helped-fbi-unmask-anonymous-stop-cop-city-protestor\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">reviewed by 404 Media<\/a> reveals that cost data linked to a Proton e mail handle was supplied to US regulation enforcement by Swiss authorities after a request was made below an Mutual Authorized Help Treaty (MLAT), which permits companies to share information internationally.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paywall\">Swiss officers made a request for the information below Swiss legal guidelines to Proton for cost data linked to the e-mail handle <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/cbp-used-online-ad-data-to-track-phone-locations\/mailto:defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com\">defendtheatlantaforest@protonmail.com<\/a>, which was related to protests in Atlanta. This data was then supplied to US regulation enforcement officers below the worldwide agreements, and so they have been in a position to determine a person linked to the account.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wired.com\/story\/cbp-used-online-ad-data-to-track-phone-locations\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>America and Israel launched a war in Iran final week that has already killed greater than 1,200 Iranians and spilled out across the Middle East. 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