Abuse
Warrantless location tracking for ICE
2024Reporting documented PenLink supplying ICE and DHS with Webloc location tracking and Tangles OSINT, letting agents follow phones and social accounts without a warrant.
Phone Forensics
PenLink
Also known as Pen-Link; owns Cobwebs Technologies.
PenLink has sold law-enforcement wiretap and call-data software for decades. Through its acquisition of Israeli firm Cobwebs, it added 'Tangles' OSINT and 'Webloc,' which tracks phones from commercial location data — sold to ICE and police to follow people without a warrant.
◍ Lincoln, NebraskaEst. 1986
Agencies & customers
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