John Z Black

Your Ad Data Is a Federal Surveillance Tool. Meet Webloc.

John Z Black Apr 11, 2026

Privacy & Digital Rights #surveillance #privacy #ice #location-data #cobwebs-technologies #webloc #fourth-amendment #ad-tracking

Webloc ingests mobile ad data from 500 million devices and makes it searchable for ICE, the military, and local police. No warrant needed. You probably said yes to it when you tapped Allow on some app.

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ICE Is Using Paragon Spyware on American Soil. Congress Wants to Know Who They're Watching.

John Z Black Apr 7, 2026

Policy, Law & Governance #ice #paragon #spyware #graphite #surveillance #congress #civil-liberties

House Democrats demand answers on ICE's use of Paragon's Graphite spyware, raising questions about domestic surveillance and oversight.

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