CBP Tapped into the Online Advertising Ecosystem to Track Peoples' Movements

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ND	CBP Tapped into the Online Advertising Ecosystem to Track Peoples' Movements (www.404media.co)
	38 points by ece 19 hours ago \| 2 comments on HN ~lite vlite-2.0

Summary ~lite

CBP used online ad data to track people's movements, sparking privacy concerns.

Lite evaluation by llama-4-scout-wai-psq · editorial channel only · no per-section breakdown available

Longitudinal 114 HN snapshots · 39 evals

Audit Trail 59 entries

2026-03-05 05:09	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.210 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 05:09	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai-psq: +0.21 (Mild positive)
2026-03-05 05:04	eval_success	PSQ evaluated: g-PSQ=0.096 (3 dims)	- -
2026-03-05 05:04	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai-psq: +0.10 (Neutral)
2026-03-05 03:55	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44)	- -
2026-03-05 03:55	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-05 03:30	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.42)	- -
2026-03-05 03:30	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-05 03:30	rater_validation_warn	Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R	- -
2026-03-05 03:09	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44)	- -
2026-03-05 03:09	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-05 02:49	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.42)	- -
2026-03-05 02:49	rater_validation_warn	Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R	- -
2026-03-05 02:49	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-05 02:27	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44)	- -
2026-03-05 02:27	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-05 02:10	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.42)	- -
2026-03-05 02:10	rater_validation_warn	Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R	- -
2026-03-05 02:10	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-05 01:55	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44)	- -
2026-03-05 01:55	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-05 01:31	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.42)	- -
2026-03-05 01:31	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-05 01:31	rater_validation_warn	Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R	- -
2026-03-05 01:15	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44)	- -
2026-03-05 01:15	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-05 00:55	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.42)	- -
2026-03-05 00:55	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-05 00:55	rater_validation_warn	Lite validation warnings for model llama-4-scout-wai: 1W 0R	- -
2026-03-05 00:40	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44)	- -
2026-03-05 00:40	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-05 00:35	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.44)	- -
2026-03-05 00:35	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-05 00:12	eval_success	Lite evaluated: Moderate positive (0.42)	- -
2026-03-05 00:12	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 23:55	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 23:34	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 23:20	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 22:53	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 22:39	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 22:33	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 22:09	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 21:57	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 21:37	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 21:22	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 20:52	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 20:48	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 20:40	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 20:13	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 20:08	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 20:07	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 19:15	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 19:15	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 19:10	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 18:14	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 18:09	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 16:46	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive) 0.00
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance
2026-03-04 16:41	eval	Evaluated by llama-4-scout-wai: +0.42 (Moderate positive)
	reasoning Investigative journalism on CBP's use of online ad data for surveillance, implicating privacy rights.
2026-03-04 16:40	eval	Evaluated by llama-3.3-70b-wai: +0.44 (Moderate positive)
	reasoning Investigative journalism on surveillance

build bafb32b+r7v5 · deployed 2026-03-05 04:26 UTC · evaluated 2026-03-03 07:16:53 UTC