The intent of this program was to reportedly assist ICE with tracking fraudulent or malicious transactions on the blockchain. However, this does not give I.C.E any new information, instead, it allows ICE to analyze data that is already publicly available on the blockchain.<\/span><\/p> <\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n This comes as recent controversy has plagued Coinbase in recent times as the exchange lays off 18% of employees<\/a> in preparation for \u2018Crypto winter\u2019 as well as the Superbowl Ad controversy<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n","post_title":"Coinbase Found To Be Selling Geo-Location Data To U.S Federal Agency ICE","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"coinbase-found-to-be-selling-geo-location-data-to-u-s-federal-agency-ice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-07-01 22:51:04","post_modified_gmt":"2022-07-01 12:51:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=5945","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_13"};
The contract revealed that a 3-year deal was made in September of 2021 between ICE, Coinbase, and the DHS which allowed the U.S Federal agency to access intelligence collector \u2018Coinbase Tracer\u2019 which contained information of its users including the \u2018Geo location\u2019 data of the user.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n The intent of this program was to reportedly assist ICE with tracking fraudulent or malicious transactions on the blockchain. However, this does not give I.C.E any new information, instead, it allows ICE to analyze data that is already publicly available on the blockchain.<\/span><\/p> <\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n This comes as recent controversy has plagued Coinbase in recent times as the exchange lays off 18% of employees<\/a> in preparation for \u2018Crypto winter\u2019 as well as the Superbowl Ad controversy<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n","post_title":"Coinbase Found To Be Selling Geo-Location Data To U.S Federal Agency ICE","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"coinbase-found-to-be-selling-geo-location-data-to-u-s-federal-agency-ice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-07-01 22:51:04","post_modified_gmt":"2022-07-01 12:51:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=5945","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_13"};
Reports have found that Coinbase tracer has reportedly been selling users\u2019 data to the U.S Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) including \u2018Geo-location\u2019 data according to a contract<\/a> found by watchdog group Tech inquiry.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n The contract revealed that a 3-year deal was made in September of 2021 between ICE, Coinbase, and the DHS which allowed the U.S Federal agency to access intelligence collector \u2018Coinbase Tracer\u2019 which contained information of its users including the \u2018Geo location\u2019 data of the user.<\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n The intent of this program was to reportedly assist ICE with tracking fraudulent or malicious transactions on the blockchain. However, this does not give I.C.E any new information, instead, it allows ICE to analyze data that is already publicly available on the blockchain.<\/span><\/p> <\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n This comes as recent controversy has plagued Coinbase in recent times as the exchange lays off 18% of employees<\/a> in preparation for \u2018Crypto winter\u2019 as well as the Superbowl Ad controversy<\/a>.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> <\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul>\n","post_title":"Coinbase Found To Be Selling Geo-Location Data To U.S Federal Agency ICE","post_excerpt":"","post_status":"publish","comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","post_password":"","post_name":"coinbase-found-to-be-selling-geo-location-data-to-u-s-federal-agency-ice","to_ping":"","pinged":"","post_modified":"2022-07-01 22:51:04","post_modified_gmt":"2022-07-01 12:51:04","post_content_filtered":"","post_parent":0,"guid":"https:\/\/www.thedistributed.co\/?p=5945","menu_order":0,"post_type":"post","post_mime_type":"","comment_count":"0","filter":"raw"}],"next":false,"total_page":false},"paged":1,"class":"jblog_block_13"};