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.
Tangles + Webloc
OSINT plus warrantless phone-location tracking for ICE.
PenLink's Tangles mines social and open-source data on targets, while its Webloc add-on tracks phones from commercially purchased location data — letting ICE and police monitor people and follow their movements without a warrant.
What it does
- ▸OSINT profiling
- ▸Commercial location tracking
- ▸No warrant required
- ▸Wiretap & call analysis
Where it's deployed
- ◍ICE, DHS & local police (reported)
Agencies using it
ICEFBILocal LE