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And if the data came from Apple?

I can't think of any apps that take a full address. Perhaps there are some, I just don't know them.

Apple could have been compelled to release this data to the FBI. Unfortunately, we're unlikely to ever know this and Apple are equally unlikely to want to shed light on it.

If the claim is true, that the source data included full postal address, then I find it hard to identify a better source for all of that than Apple themselves. And that the data was brought together from various systems, and that we're glimpsing data that was shared between Apple and the FBI.

Not to say that there's anything illegal about that, more that the laws that allow that are a bit screwed but that's another issue altogether.




A reasonable assumption, besides Apple, is Facebook. With all the information these services have the easiest part may be to acquire your home address.




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