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.
Founder
Lincoln, Nebraska native and University of Nebraska-Lincoln graduate who founded Pen-Link in 1987 after building pen-register automation software for the Lincoln Police Department in the early 1980s. He sold a portion of the company to employees in 2007, remained president, and was fully bought out upon retiring in 2013.
Reporting documented PenLink supplying ICE and DHS with Webloc location tracking and Tangles OSINT, letting agents follow phones and social accounts without a warrant.