外媒：美国有军方配景的公司在500多款应用中植入跟踪软件(2)

　　《华尔街日报》在文章中欢快地写道：“Babel Street两年前对Anomaly Six及其首创人提起的诉讼为我们提供了一个窗口，让我们得以一窥这个竞争剧烈、高度隐秘的市场，即把用户数据作为产物提供应美国当局。”

　　A lawsuit filed by Babel Street two years ago against Anomaly Six and its founders offers a window into the competitive and largely secretive market of providing consumer location products to the US government。

　　据悉，Anomaly Six的首创人，美国前陆军反特工官员布兰登·赫夫(Brandan Huff)曾认真处理惩罚Babel Street与国防部的干系，还为很多其他国防承包商事情过。法庭记录显示，另一位首创人名叫杰弗里·海因茨(Jeffrey Heinz)也曾在美国陆制服役，认真处理惩罚Babel Street与司法部、美国网络司令部、民间联邦机构和情报机构的干系。

　　Brandan Huff, a former Army counterintelligence officer, had managed Babel Street's relationship with the Defense Department and had also worked for numerous other defense contractors. The other, Jeffrey Heinz, was also previously in the U.S. Army and had managed Babel Street's relationships with the Justice Department, US Cyber Command, civilian federal agencies and the intelligence community, court records show。

　　Babel Street有一款名为“Locate X”的产物，主要成果包罗从消费者应用措施中提取数百万用户的位置记录。

　　按照Babel Street的诉讼，Anomaly Six的这两位首创人告退后，开始着手开拓一款与该公司竞争的产物。Anomaly Six公司拒绝对这告状讼颁发评论。这告状讼已于去年庭外息争。

　　要不是鱼死网破、诉诸公堂，外界险些很难知道这些动静。

　　按照《华尔街日报》看到的条约和用户协议，Babel Street没有果真宣传“Locate X”，甚至约束客户和利用者对其举办保密。

　　Babel Street doesn't publicly advertise Locate X and binds clients and users to secrecy about even its existence, according to contracts and user agreements reviewed by the Journal。

　　按照法庭记录，凭据美国当局官员意见开拓的“Locate X”被美国军工作报部分遍及利用，他们致力于收集“开源”情报，即从果真来历获取的信息。美国联邦条约数据显示，Babel Street还与美国疆域安详部、美国司法部和很多其他民间机构签订了条约。

　　Developed with input from US government officials Locate X is widely used by military intelligence units who work on gathering "open source" intelligence, or information taken from publicly available sources。

　　Babel Street also has contracts with the Department of Homeland Security, the Justice Department, and many other civilian agencies, federal contracting data shows。

　　Anomaly Six和Babel Street这两家公司都跟美国当局有千丝万缕的接洽。

　　按照法庭记录和采访显示，Anomaly Six 首创人职业生涯的大部门时间都与美国国度安详机构密合适作。

　　Anomaly Six was founded by defense-contracting veterans who worked closely with government agencies for most of their careers and built a company to cater in part to national-security agencies, according to court records and interviews。

　　《华尔街日报》记者在一份美国军方文件中，看到了官员对该公司强大数据收集本领的描写：

　　“Anomaly Six是一家退役武士拥有的小型企业，对来自移动设备的位置数据举办处理惩罚和可视化，用于阐明和洞察，”“我们操作来自大量第一手资源的具体位置数据，为团队、行为和模式提供洞察。