Investigation
Mass location tracking sold to local police
2022The EFF exposed Fog Reveal as a secretive tool giving small police departments cheap, warrantless access to the movements of 250 million-plus devices via commercial advertising data.
Location Data Brokers
Fog Data Science
Fog Data Science, founded by former DHS officials, sells 'Fog Reveal' — a cheap, point-and-click tool that lets state and local police search the location histories of hundreds of millions of phones, sourced from ordinary apps' advertising data, without a warrant.
◍ VirginiaEst. 2016
Agencies & customers
Local LE