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Our smartphones are incredible tools, constantly connected and brimming with features. But with all that power comes a question: is someone phone tracking you for location, messages, or app activity?

Editor’s Note: This story is the third installment in a series produced in partnership with the Pulitzer Center’s AI Accountability Network. Goliad County police kicked off one human smuggling ...