CyberInsider: Mozilla Calls for Action to Stop Surveillance Firm’s Data Scraping

According to leaked procurement documents obtained by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), ICE’s Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) uses SocialNet via integration with Maltego, an open-source intelligence platform. The documents describe SocialNet as essential for tracking “known criminal elements,” but privacy advocates like EPIC warn that the unchecked aggregation of open data undermines constitutional protections and allows the government to bypass legal safeguards meant to protect personal information. 

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