Feds Demand Info On 10,000+ Users From Google And Apple Who Use Gun App

By Brandon Curtis

According to an exclusive published by Forbes, the US Federal Government is demanding the personal information of over 10,000 users of a certain gun app that they host on their platforms, called Obsidian 4. The app is “used to control rifle scopes made by night-vision specialist American Technologies Network Corp.”

From the Forbes article;

According to an application for a court order filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 5, investigators want information on users of Obsidian 4, a tool used to control rifle scopes made by night-vision specialist American Technologies Network Corp. The app allows gun owners to get a live stream, take video and calibrate their gun scope from an Android or iPhone device. According to the Google Play page for Obsidian 4, it has more than 10,000 downloads. Apple doesn’t provide download numbers, so it’s unclear how many iPhone owners could be swept up in this latest government data grab.

via forbes.com

Whether or not the companies will give in to the demand is another story, but it’s an important thing to watch. Millions of gun owners use different gun-related apps on their phone, so what’s to stop …Read the Rest

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