# Secret Service Says You Agreed to Be Tracked! 📱

**URL:** <https://onehack.st/t/secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked/295715>\
**Category:** News & Articles\
**Tags:** tools, privacy, data-recovery\
**Created:** [November 14, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked/295715 "2024-11-14T17:06:34Z")\
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**Post date:** [November 14, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://onehack.st/t/secret-service-says-you-agreed-to-be-tracked/295715/1 "2024-11-14T17:06:35Z")

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**Summary:**

1. **Tracking with Location Data**  
The **U.S. Secret Service** claims that by agreeing to app terms of service, **citizens** have consented to be tracked through location data harvested by smartphones.

2. **Internal Clashes Over Warrants**  
Internal emails reveal **disagreements** within the Secret Service over whether a **warrant** is needed to use location data from apps.

3. **Locate X Surveillance Tool**  
The agency used a surveillance tool called **Locate X** to track individuals’ movements over time, raising serious privacy concerns.

4. **Illegal Use of Data**  
A **2023 oversight report** revealed that the Secret Service, along with other agencies, **illegally** accessed location data, prompting internal alarm.

5. **End of Locate X Use**  
The Secret Service confirmed that it is no longer using **Locate X** , but the incident has drawn attention to **data harvesting** practices by law enforcement.

**Read more at:** [404 Media](https://www.404media.co/email/f459caa7-1a58-4f31-a9ba-3cb53a5046a4/)