New documents obtained by 404 Media show how a data broker owned by American Airlines, United, Delta, and many other airlines is selling masses of passenger data to the U.S. government.
I strongly recommend getting a fitting and spending some time riding with a local club. The former makes sure you’re comfortable, the latter can familiarize you with riding on roads and get you into better shape
With Flock and the airline data sales, its very difficult to protect offline privacy
If those are the only two you know about, have I got news for you:
https://www.wired.com/story/phone-data-us-soldiers-spies-nuclear-germany/
https://www.wired.com/story/how-pentagon-learned-targeted-ads-to-find-targets-and-vladimir-putin/
https://www.wired.com/story/pentagon-data-purchases-wyden-letter/
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2022/06/how-federal-government-buys-our-cell-phone-location-data
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/federal-agencies-are-secretly-buying-consumer-data
It just occurred to me that public transportation could be advocated for under the idea that it helps the government track people.
That’s a depressing idea.
Pretty much anything more complex than a bicycle has that effect
I now have two big reasons to invest in a bike. 🤔
I strongly recommend getting a fitting and spending some time riding with a local club. The former makes sure you’re comfortable, the latter can familiarize you with riding on roads and get you into better shape