How the U.S. Government Obtains and Uses Cellphone Location Data | WSJ

The U.S. government is using app-generated marketing data based on the movements of millions of cellphones around the country for some forms of law enforcement. We explain how such data is being gathered and sold. Illustration: Laura Kammermann

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