It Is Time to Ban the Sale of Precise Geolocation

Citizen Lab released research documenting Webloc, a commercial surveillance product sold by Penlink, which can track up to 500 million mobile devices globally with granular precision using GPS and Wi-Fi data. The product is used by U.S. federal agencies including DHS and state law enforcement, and can link mobile device tracking to social media accounts without warrants. The findings raise civil liberties and national security concerns, prompting calls for regulatory restrictions on geolocation data sales.