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Airlines Are Selling Your Data to the Government

Airlines Are Selling Your Data to the Government

Update: 2025-06-22
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ARC, the data broker owned by the country’s major airlines, has been selling domestic flight data in the US to Customs and Border Protection. But in the contract, they told CBP not to reveal where the data was from… why? 




Guest: Joseph Cox, co-founder of 404 Media and the co-host of the 404 Media Podcast. 



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Airlines Are Selling Your Data to the Government

Airlines Are Selling Your Data to the Government

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