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U.S. DOJ demands Apple and Google unmask over 100k users of car-tinkering app

The U.S. Department of Justice has issued subpoenas to Apple, Google, Amazon, and Walmart seeking personal data on over 100,000 users of EZ Lynk’s Auto Agent app, part of an ongoing lawsuit accusing the Cayman Islands-based company of selling emissions defeat devices in violation of the Clean Air Act. EZ Lynk, privacy advocates like the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), and tech firms argue the broad data requests are overreaching and raise Fourth Amendment concerns, with the outcome potentially setting precedents for digital privacy in regulatory enforcement cases.