# The FBI Is Buying Your Location Data Without a Warrant. It Never Stopped.

- slug: the-fbi-is-buying-your-location-data-without-a-warrant-it-never-stopped
- date: 2026-03-21
- category: Artificial Intelligence

The AI Surveillance Debate Is Missing the Point

While the tech industry has spent weeks debating whether Anthropic or OpenAI would allow their AI to be used for mass surveillance, FBI Director Kash Patel sat before the Senate Intelligence Committee on March 18 and quietly confirmed the practice ...

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