Kristi Noem's DHS secretly demands tech giants fork over names of ICE critics: report
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The Department of Homeland Security has expanded efforts to identify Americans who criticize or track Immigration and Customs Enforcement, sending hundreds of legal requests to major tech companies seeking information behind social media accounts, according to a report in The New York Times.In recen...

Hey all -

Just curious if anyone has seen a notice related to the news below. Reporting says hundreds sent out and that in most cases the tech companies have to notify the person and give time to contest it. So it would be good to get a clear example of these admin subpoena notices so we can all be on the lookout:

https://www.rawstory.com/ice-2675268854/

Or maybe this is some huge bullshit scare tactic.

Thank you!

  • AlfredoJohn@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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    2 days ago

    So you use cash to get a burner phone for any online purchases or sites which need them? You kept your phone turned off and away from you when you bought that burner? You only carry the burner when entering large corporate store chains which are fingerprinting the devices inside? You have gone through all databrokers to see who is aggregating information and device ids on you? You magically know every single big techs obfuscated domains for tracking cookies and block them the moment they are registered?

    I think you are extremely naive about how easy it is to tie this information together by a databroker who is not restricted on what information they can aggregate and sell back to companies like meta. Sure meta may be blocked direct access on your network but they are buying that information from another data broker and tieing directly to you based on the contact information thats been gleemed from others who shared contact information with a meta product.

    • artyom@piefed.socialEnglish
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      2 days ago

      So you use cash to get a burner phone for any online purchases or sites which need them?

      Why would I need a phone for that? I just told you I use a virtual CC.

      You only carry the burner when entering large corporate store chains which are fingerprinting the devices inside?

      I use GrapheneOS, which has mitigations for that sort of tracking. But Meta isn’t tracking me at the grocery store, regardless.

      You magically know every single big techs obfuscated domains for tracking cookies and block them the moment they are registered?

      I don’t allow access to any cookies. As I already said, I use an ad-blocker, of course, that tracks, updates, and blocks thousands of tracking domains.

      I think you are extremely naive about how easy it is to tie this information together by a databroker

      I think you know absolutely nothing about me, what I know, and what my data protection practices are.

      Sure meta may be blocked direct access on your network but they are buying that information from another data broker and tieing directly to you based on the contact information thats been gleemed from others who shared contact information with a meta product.

      I don’t think you understand. Even if someone sends Meta my phone number, they cannot associate my phone number to any other online activity because that would ALSO require my phone number, which they do not have, because I do not give it to them. Also gleaned* and tying*.