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Texas Observer (texasobserver@texasobserver.social)'s status on Saturday, 17-Jan-2026 03:18:05 JST Texas Observer

“Either this is just a massive waste of taxpayer money, right? They’re spending all this money on the tool that they’re not actually using or they’re using it and hiding it from judges, criminal defense attorneys, criminal defendants and the press, which is a big story in itself.” https://www.texasobserver.org/texas-police-invest-tangles-sheriff-surveillance/
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  Texas Police Invested Millions in a Shadowy Phone-Tracking Software. They Won’t Say How They’ve Used It.
  
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  One sheriff who leads an anti-smuggling task force says the software helps “develop leads to eventually obtain probable cause.” Civil liberties experts say its use violates constitutional rights.

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