stardom dreams, stalking devices and the secret conglomerate selling both
over the last half a year, @rhinozzryan and i have worked on an investigation into Tracki, a “world leader in GPS tracking”, and ExploreTalent, one of the biggest talent listing services in the world. what the hell do those two have in common?
half a year into our investigation, we’d found it all: a hidden conglomerate posing as five independent companies, masked from governments and customers alike through the use of dozens of false identities, US letterbox companies, and an undeclared owner. a 90s phone sex scheme that, through targeting by one of hollywood’s most notorious fixers, spiraled into a collection of almost a hundred domains advertising everything from online dating to sore throat remedies. a slew of device-assisted murder cases, on top of potential data breaches affecting almost 12 million users, ranging from federal government officials to literal infants. and most importantly, a little-known Snoop Dogg song. how in the world did we get here?
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