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Sean Massa
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ex-Team Lead at ▲ Vercel
ex-CTO of FlashRecruit (Acquired)

software engineer by trade
technical leader by practice
community/conference organizer by chance

aka: https://social.massalabs.com/@sean

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For years I've reported on the tech and tools that bounty hunters have access to. I think people would be shocked it is often essentially what cops can have too, w/ less accountability
- license plate reader databases
- credit header data
- smartphone location data
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As I’ve reported for years, bounty hunters, private investigators, and skip tracers all have access to powerful surveillance technology and tools. That ranges from automatic license plate reader (ALPR) databases that can easily reveal a car’s movements (and by extension, a person’s movements); the personal data related to someone’s credit report which can reveal their address; and location data harvested from smartphones. In 2019 I reported that bounty hunters were able to pay a few hundred dollars for the realtime location of someone’s phone, via location data T-Mobile, Sprint, and AT&T were selling. A private investigator source with access previously demoed the ALPR tracking tool to me and I bought the telecom location data myself.
November 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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tante.cc
You want to democratize "going to therapy"? Make it "free" as in paid by socialized healthcare. You want to democratize "making art"? Give people money and free time to express themselves.
October 28, 2025 at 10:53 PM
sean-massa.bsky.social
What the heck?
October 26, 2025 at 3:15 PM
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michaelhobbes.bsky.social
Being a podcaster costs $40 for a decent mic and $18 per month for hosting. The hard part is having something interesting to say. Get a degree in that!
October 4, 2025 at 1:17 PM