https://hackingpassion.com/tags/police-surveillance/Recent content in Police Surveillance on HackingPassion.com : root@HackingPassion.com-[~]HugoenThu, 12 Nov 2026 11:55:06 +0100https://hackingpassion.com/webloc-police-phone-tracking-ad-data/Thu, 12 Nov 2026 11:55:06 +0100https://hackingpassion.com/webloc-police-phone-tracking-ad-data/<p><strong>Police bought a tool that shows where up to 500 million phones have been over 12 months, without a warrant.</strong> The location came out of the ads in weather apps, games and a prayer app. Up to 500 million phones sit in the tool they bought, on sale since 2020.</p> <p>In 2025, a US firm prepared presentations for police forces in several countries to show what its tracking tool, Webloc, could do. On the screen, it followed people&rsquo;s phones as they walked down Fifth Avenue in New York, visited the European Central Bank in Frankfurt and came close to the UK Parliament in London. Bloomberg News got hold of those presentations, along with training material and internal documents.</p>