A profile of Fog Data Science, which purchases raw geolocation data collected by mobile apps and sells it to law enforcement agencies for a subscription fee (Bennett Cyphers/Electronic Frontier …)

Electronic Frontier Foundation:
Analysis finds 16 smartphone apps, used as alternatives to ankle monitors in the US, allow access to wide swaths of information and are frequently unreliable  —  Researchers at the University of Washington and Harvard Law School recently published a groundbreaking study analyzing …

Jon Keegan / The Markup:
A look at data brokers selling campaigns “comprehensive” profiles on potential voters, including phone geolocation data gleaned from real-time ad auctions  —  Before you got in line on Election Day, the emerging and largely unregulated political tracking industry was able to trace your movements

Gian M. Volpicelli / Wired:
Law enforcement agents specializing in cryptocurrency investigations are leaving government agencies and joining firms like Binance, Coinbase, and Chainalysis  —  Hunting down crypto criminals is a dying art as law enforcement officers jump in-house.  —  In the course of a decade …

Sami Fathi / MacRumors:
A look at the reaction to Apple’s E2EE announcements: the FBI says it is “deeply concerning” and “hinders” its work while the EFF and others express support  —  Apple yesterday announced that end-to-end encryption is coming to even more sensitive types of iCloud data …

Brody Ford / Bloomberg:
Salesforce unveils Net Zero Marketplace that aggregates offset providers and rating agencies for carbon credit purchases, launching in October in the US  —  Salesforce Inc. is launching a marketplace for carbon credits that will aggregate offset providers and rating agencies …

Manish Singh / TechCrunch:
India’s Enforcement Directorate searched the offices of Paytm, Razorpay, and Cashfree on Friday as part of an investigation into fraudulent Chinese loan apps  —  India’s financial crime fighting agency searched the offices of fintech unicorns Paytm and Razorpay as well as Cashfree on Friday …