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#6 The Hacker News general April 11, 2026 at 06:02 UTC

Citizen Lab: Law Enforcement Used Webloc to Track 500 Million Devices via Ad Data

By [email protected] (The Hacker News)

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Citizen Lab revealed that Hungarian intelligence, El Salvador's national police, and U.S. law enforcement agencies used Webloc, an Israeli-developed advertising-based surveillance system, to track 500 million devices globally. The tool, now sold by Penlink after merging with Cobwebs Technologies in July 2023, represents a significant expansion of geolocation surveillance capabilities using commercial ad data.

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