Abuse
Tracking phones to an abortion clinic
2024Reporters used Babel Street's Locate X to trace a phone's movements to and from an abortion clinic — proving warrantless tracking of sensitive visits via ad data.
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Michael Southworth
Former CEO (2022-2025)
Veteran software executive who served as CEO of Babel Street from 2022 to 2025 under Veritas Capital ownership, succeeding founder Jeff Chapman; he previously led Transflo and held leadership and board roles at Grid Dynamics and other technology companies.
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Investigation
Agencies buy location data to skip warrants
2020Military and law-enforcement agencies bought access to Locate X to track phones without warrants, exploiting the data-broker loophole around the Fourth Amendment.
- ↳Means of Control — Byron Tau (Crown), 2024