{"id":263,"date":"2026-03-18T21:52:30","date_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:52:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=263"},"modified":"2026-03-18T21:52:30","modified_gmt":"2026-03-18T21:52:30","slug":"the-fbi-is-buying-americans-location-data","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/?p=263","title":{"rendered":"The FBI is buying Americans\u2019 location data"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" data-caption=\"WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 18: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. A closed session immediately followed the hearing. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) | Getty Images\" data-portal-copyright=\"Getty Images\" data-has-syndication-rights=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.theverge.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2026\/03\/gettyimages-2267226778.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\" \/><figcaption>\n\tWASHINGTON, DC &#8211; MARCH 18: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats in the Hart Senate Office Building on March 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. A closed session immediately followed the hearing. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch\/Getty Images) | Getty Images\t<\/figcaption><\/p><\/figure>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">FBI director Kash Patel admitted that the agency is buying location data that can be used to track people&#8217;s movements. Unlike information obtained from cell phone providers, this data can be accessed without a warrant &#8211; and used to track anyone. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">&#8220;We do purchase commercially available information that&#8217;s consistent with the Constitution and the laws under the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and it has led to some valuable intelligence for us,&#8221; Patel <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2026\/03\/18\/fbi-buying-data-track-people-patel-00834080\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> at a hearing before the Senate Intelligence Committee on Wednesday. <\/p>\n<p class=\"has-text-align-none\">Patel would not commit to senators&#8217; requests that the agency stop buying Americans&#8217; location data. &#8220;Doing that wi \u2026<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theverge.com\/news\/897145\/kash-patel-ron-wyden-fbi-location-data-no-warrant\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read the full story at The Verge.<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, DC &#8211; MARCH 18: Federal Bureau of Investigation Director Kash Patel testifies during a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":264,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/263\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/264"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teknologi.news.eraenterprise.id\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}