For many Americans, the only real risk they face from having their information exposed would be embarrassment or inconvenience. But for others, like survivors of abuse, the risks could be substantial. And who can say what practices or relationships any given individual might want to keep private, to withhold from friends, family, employers or the government? We found hundreds of pings in mosques and churches, abortion clinics, queer spaces and other sensitive areas.<\/p>\n
In one case, we observed a change in the regular movements of a Microsoft engineer. He made a visit one Tuesday afternoon to the main Seattle campus of a Microsoft competitor, Amazon. The following month, he started a new job at Amazon. It took minutes to identify him as Ben Broili, a manager now for Amazon Prime Air, a drone delivery service.<\/p>\n
\u201cI can\u2019t say I\u2019m surprised,\u201d Mr. Broili told us in early December. \u201cBut knowing that you all can get ahold of it and comb through and place me to see where I work and live \u2014 that\u2019s weird.\u201d That we could so easily discern that Mr. Broili was out on a job interview raises some obvious questions, like: Could the internal location surveillance of executives and employees become standard corporate practice?<\/p>\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n Thought you couldn’t be shocked by invasions of your privacy anymore? Read the first part of @cwarzel<\/a> and @stuartathompson<\/a> blockbuster investigation for @nytopinion<\/a>. https:\/\/t.co\/5BEEsjbB7r<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/lUK0lhNqNM<\/a><\/p>\n \u2014 Max Strasser (@maxstrasser) December 19, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n