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Podcast: PRETEND
Episode: BONUS: The Digital Trail to Epsteinâs Island
Description: What if your phone could place you at the scene of a crimeâyears later?
In this bonus episode of PRETEND, we uncover how nearly 200 mobile devices that visited Jeffrey Epsteinâs private island left behind invisible data trails. Using just a free trial from a location data broker, an outsider was able to map those devices back to homes, offices, and even gated communities across the U.S.
This episode dives into how mobile advertising IDsâthose âanonymousâ trackers buried inside your appsâare being used to surveil people witho...