# 'FYI. A Warrant Isn’t Needed': Secret Service Says You Agreed To Be Tracked With Location Data - Host: [404media.co](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/hosts/404media.co/) - Saved: November 14, 2024 (2024-11-14T21:51:29Z) - Record: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/77f11cd09d6c/ - JSON: https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/77f11cd09d6c.json ## What Jamie wrote Having location information in apps on your phone is very helpful. I use it regularly, but I also make sure to only give as much information as is truly needed. Hide exact information, and only allow it while the app is running. I allow very few applications to access location in the background. And those apps along with their unreadable terms of service? > One reason was that Babel Street’s data is “opt in” only. “Users have to affirmatively agree for its collection and dissemination. It’s not passively collected without user knowledge,” the email read. “FYI. A warrant isn’t needed because the user gives consent. It happens when you agree to the terms of service,” another email reads. This falls in the category of why we need privacy legislation. It is absurd to me that some app given the right to track your location can then be fed directly to law enforcement or government entities. Regardless of what that terms of service said. ## Facts - Kind: [Page](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/kinds/page/) ## Appears in - [WT301: Weekly Thing 301 / TinyTroupe, Monarch, Leaving](https://weekly.thingelstad.com/archive/301/), Notable ## Same host - [Google Is the Only Search Engine That Works on Reddit Now Thanks to AI Deal](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/0c18b59b0921/) (404media.co, July 29, 2024) - [Paypal Opted You Into Sharing Data Without Your Knowledge](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/dfff79f7e467/) (404media.co, October 3, 2024) - [‘We’re Fine’: Lying to Ourselves About a Climate Disaster](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/84e87d798738/) (404media.co, January 12, 2025) - [Meta Is Blocking Links to Decentralized Instagram Competitor Pixelfed](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ee0fd0af1e2f/) (404media.co, January 13, 2025) - [The Powerful AI Tool That Cops (or Stalkers) Can Use to Geolocate Photos in Seconds](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ae76250b7b21/) (404media.co, January 22, 2025) ## Saved the same week - [Why you're bad at giving feedback - PostHog](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/dd8bef102982/) (posthog.com, November 14, 2024) - [Where’s the Value in AI?](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/9265555876bd/) (bcg.com, November 14, 2024) - [M4 Mac mini's efficiency is incredible | Jeff Geerling](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/681620380f0c/) (jeffgeerling.com, November 14, 2024) - [Security Engineering - A Guide to Building Dependable Distributed Systems](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/ffc2ce889b52/) (cl.cam.ac.uk, November 14, 2024) - [I Work On A 5 Year Time Frame. Anything Less Is A Loss.](https://links.thingelstad.xyz/links/1a724cb00834/) (joanwestenberg.com, November 14, 2024) ## Elsewhere - Wayback Machine: https://web.archive.org/web/*/https://www.404media.co/fyi-a-warrant-isnt-needed-secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked-with-location-data/