New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:03 PM
New: we've obtained material explaining how an ICE surveillance system, called Webloc, works. Draw shape on a map, see all phones available there, follow them home. All without warrant
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
“This is a very dangerous tool in the hands of an out-of-control agency.” www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s tool to monitor phones in entire neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
February 24, 2026 at 2:17 PM
Inside ICE’s tool to monitor phones in entire neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
SCOOP: 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:10 PM
SCOOP: 404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
One can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
January 18, 2026 at 4:30 PM
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 2:30 PM
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
404 Media also obtained material this year that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 25, 2026 at 5:14 PM
404 Media also obtained material this year that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Ein Werkzeug namens Webloc kann Menschen mit Daten aus dem Werbe-Tracking teils metergenau orten und verfolgen. Bislang war nur bekannt, dass staatliche Stellen das nutzen. Jetzt zeigen Recherchen: Die Technologie wird offenbar auch Unternehmen angeboten.
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
Gefährliches Überwachungs-Werkzeug breitet sich aus
Ein Werkzeug namens Webloc kann Menschen mit Daten aus dem Werbe-Tracking teils metergenau orten und verfolgen. Bislang war nur bekannt, dass staatliche Stellen das nutzen. Jetzt zeigen Recherchen: Di...
netzpolitik.org
August 11, 2026 at 2:39 PM
Ein Werkzeug namens Webloc kann Menschen mit Daten aus dem Werbe-Tracking teils metergenau orten und verfolgen. Bislang war nur bekannt, dass staatliche Stellen das nutzen. Jetzt zeigen Recherchen: Die Technologie wird offenbar auch Unternehmen angeboten.
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
Apps used by 🧊 will track you without a warrant and unconstitutionally:
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 8, 2026 at 3:09 PM
Apps used by 🧊 will track you without a warrant and unconstitutionally:
🇭🇺 Hungarian intelligence services use the Israeli tool Webloc for mass surveillance through mobile app and advertising data. The system allows authorities to track the movements of hundreds of millions of users without their consent.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/hungarian-in...
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theukrainianreview.info/hungarian-in...
Hungarian intelligence uses Webloc to track its citizens
Hungarian intelligence services use the Israeli tool Webloc for mass surveillance through mobile app and advertising data. The system allows authorities to trac
theukrainianreview.info
April 10, 2026 at 3:02 PM
🇭🇺 Hungarian intelligence services use the Israeli tool Webloc for mass surveillance through mobile app and advertising data. The system allows authorities to track the movements of hundreds of millions of users without their consent.
Read more 👀
theukrainianreview.info/hungarian-in...
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How does ICE track people? @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social of @404media.co about a particularly concerning app called Webloc, which allows officers to track mobile phone location data without a warrant.
July 17, 2026 at 8:49 PM
How does ICE track people? @micahloewinger.bsky.social spoke with @josephcox.bsky.social of @404media.co about a particularly concerning app called Webloc, which allows officers to track mobile phone location data without a warrant.
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
🔎📱 Just before Hungary’s election, we revealed Viktor Orbán’s intelligence agencies secretly use Webloc – an Israeli mass surveillance tool tracking hundreds of millions via smartphone ad data – making Hungary the first confirmed EU user, likely violating GDPR. @vsquare.bsky.social @citizenlab.ca
Orbán’s Spying Kit Revealed: Israeli Surveillance Tool Combined with Hungarian Technology - VSquare.org
Intelligence agencies of Viktor Orbán's government have been secretly using Webloc — a mass surveillance tool that tracks hundreds of millions of people via smartphone advertising data — making Hungar...
vsquare.org
April 13, 2026 at 10:30 AM
🔎📱 Just before Hungary’s election, we revealed Viktor Orbán’s intelligence agencies secretly use Webloc – an Israeli mass surveillance tool tracking hundreds of millions via smartphone ad data – making Hungary the first confirmed EU user, likely violating GDPR. @vsquare.bsky.social @citizenlab.ca
⚡️ Hungary's Orbán government is using a secret Israeli tool to track millions of people through their smartphones.
Hungary Deploys Israeli Webloc Surveillance Tool, Violating EU Privacy Regulations
Hungarian intelligence secretly uses Webloc to track millions of citizens via smartphone data, defying GDPR privacy laws and creating unrest.
united24media.com
April 9, 2026 at 5:54 PM
⚡️ Hungary's Orbán government is using a secret Israeli tool to track millions of people through their smartphones.
This week, 404 Media obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Watch now:
Watch now:
Podcast: The ICE Tool That Tracks Entire Neighborhoods
We talk all about Webloc, ICE's tool for monitoring phone locations; the continuing Grok abuse wave; and how police unwittingly revealed millions of Flock surveillance targets.
www.404media.co
January 14, 2026 at 2:15 PM
This week, 404 Media obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
Watch now:
Watch now:
Ein Werkzeug namens #Webloc kann Menschen mit Daten aus dem Werbe-Tracking teils metergenau orten und verfolgen. Bislang war nur bekannt, dass staatliche Stellen das nutzen. Jetzt zeigen Recherchen: Die Technologie wird offenbar auch Unternehmen angeboten. #ADINT
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
Gefährliches Überwachungs-Werkzeug breitet sich aus
Ein Werkzeug namens Webloc kann Menschen mit Daten aus dem Werbe-Tracking teils metergenau orten und verfolgen. Bislang war nur bekannt, dass staatliche Stellen das nutzen. Jetzt zeigen Recherchen: Di...
netzpolitik.org
August 11, 2026 at 2:35 PM
Ein Werkzeug namens #Webloc kann Menschen mit Daten aus dem Werbe-Tracking teils metergenau orten und verfolgen. Bislang war nur bekannt, dass staatliche Stellen das nutzen. Jetzt zeigen Recherchen: Die Technologie wird offenbar auch Unternehmen angeboten. #ADINT
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
netzpolitik.org/2026/angebot...
If you don't want ICE to know you were at a protest, taking a burner phone is not going to help you stay anonymous if you go home afterwards. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 7:45 AM
If you don't want ICE to know you were at a protest, taking a burner phone is not going to help you stay anonymous if you go home afterwards. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
"Auch die US-amerikanische Abschiebe-Miliz ICE verwendet das Überwachungswerkzeug [Webloc].
Webloc wurde von der #israel'ischen #Überwachungsfirma Cobweb entwickelt, die inzwischen vom US-Unternehmen Penlink übernommen wurde. Das Programm soll Behörden auch über das Alter und Geschlecht..."
Webloc wurde von der #israel'ischen #Überwachungsfirma Cobweb entwickelt, die inzwischen vom US-Unternehmen Penlink übernommen wurde. Das Programm soll Behörden auch über das Alter und Geschlecht..."
September 25, 2026 at 1:44 PM
"Auch die US-amerikanische Abschiebe-Miliz ICE verwendet das Überwachungswerkzeug [Webloc].
Webloc wurde von der #israel'ischen #Überwachungsfirma Cobweb entwickelt, die inzwischen vom US-Unternehmen Penlink übernommen wurde. Das Programm soll Behörden auch über das Alter und Geschlecht..."
Webloc wurde von der #israel'ischen #Überwachungsfirma Cobweb entwickelt, die inzwischen vom US-Unternehmen Penlink übernommen wurde. Das Programm soll Behörden auch über das Alter und Geschlecht..."
NEW REPORT: “Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech”
Our research confirms that ad-based surveillance tech Webloc is used by military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies across the globe.
citizenlab.ca/research/ana...
Our research confirms that ad-based surveillance tech Webloc is used by military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies across the globe.
citizenlab.ca/research/ana...
Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech - The Citizen Lab
Location data collected from mobile apps and digital advertising can reveal habits, interests and almost any other aspect of someone's life. In this report, we uncover how a geolocation surveillance system called Webloc uses ad-based data to monitor hundreds of millions of people across the globe.
citizenlab.ca
April 9, 2026 at 3:02 PM
NEW REPORT: “Uncovering Webloc: An Analysis of Penlink’s Ad-based Geolocation Surveillance Tech”
Our research confirms that ad-based surveillance tech Webloc is used by military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies across the globe.
citizenlab.ca/research/ana...
Our research confirms that ad-based surveillance tech Webloc is used by military, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies across the globe.
citizenlab.ca/research/ana...
Some more thoughts on ICE protests and the tools described in this 404 article: www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 6:39 PM
Some more thoughts on ICE protests and the tools described in this 404 article: www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 11, 2026 at 10:35 PM
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
Pour mener ses rafles, l’ICE utilise les données de géolocalisation qu’elle achète à des data brokers. Elle peut désormais surveiller des quartiers entiers, sans aucun mandat : l’agence estime que les utilisateurs des téléphones fournissent ces infos volontairement.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or t...
www.404media.co
January 9, 2026 at 7:35 AM
Pour mener ses rafles, l’ICE utilise les données de géolocalisation qu’elle achète à des data brokers. Elle peut désormais surveiller des quartiers entiers, sans aucun mandat : l’agence estime que les utilisateurs des téléphones fournissent ces infos volontairement.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
404 Media has obtained material that explains how surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One tool can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Inside ICE’s Tool to Monitor Phones in Entire Neighborhoods
404 Media has obtained material that explains how Tangles and Webloc, two surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. Webloc can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or…
www.404media.co
January 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
404 Media has obtained material that explains how surveillance systems ICE recently purchased, work. One tool can track phones without a warrant and follow their owners home or to their employer.
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
ICE plans to spend millions more dollars on Tangles, and specifically Webloc. As we revealed, this is a tool that ICE can use to monitor entire neighborhoods. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
September 16, 2026 at 1:10 PM
ICE plans to spend millions more dollars on Tangles, and specifically Webloc. As we revealed, this is a tool that ICE can use to monitor entire neighborhoods. www.404media.co/inside-ices-...
Das Werkzeug Webloc soll Menschen anhand ihrer Handy-Standorte ausspionieren können. Zu den bislang bekannten Kunden gehören die US-Abschiebemiliz ICE und die abgewählte Orbán-Regierung in Ungarn. Jetzt ist klar: Auch Österreich hat zugegriffen. netzpolitik.org/2026/million...
Regierung in Österreich will Menschen mit illegalen Daten orten können
Das Werkzeug Webloc soll Menschen anhand ihrer Handy-Standorte ausspionieren können. Zu den bislang bekannten Kunden gehören die US-Abschiebemiliz ICE und die abgewählte Orbán-Regierung in Ungarn. Jet...
netzpolitik.org
June 30, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Das Werkzeug Webloc soll Menschen anhand ihrer Handy-Standorte ausspionieren können. Zu den bislang bekannten Kunden gehören die US-Abschiebemiliz ICE und die abgewählte Orbán-Regierung in Ungarn. Jetzt ist klar: Auch Österreich hat zugegriffen. netzpolitik.org/2026/million...