This may be the wrong time to ask this, but does anyone know where I can buy some location data? I don't want to ask for consent because I want the data (and the analysis) to be as general as possible.

That being said, I have a significant amount of flexibility. The data can be completely anonymized by stripping out the names, addresses etc. The location can be blurred by some radius that's roughly the size of the local census blocks groups. In other words, the location should be random enough to mix together 500-3000 people. The time can also be blurred by a radius of about a week or so. Options like differential privacy are encouraged.

The goal is not to track individuals, just get a rough measure of where they spend their time.

First, does anyone think this is a bad or dangerous set of data?

Second, if not, can anyone point me to some data brokers?

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delecti 2 days ago | parent [-]

Assuming this isn't a joke, find one of the services you can pay to get your data deleted from brokers, and then look at which brokers they delete data from. DeleteMe and Incogni both have lists. https://blog.incogni.com/opt-out-guides/ and https://joindeleteme.com/sites-we-remove-from/

	▲	xhkkffbf 2 days ago \| parent [-]
		No. It's not a joke. There are many good research projects that we can do that don't need to compromise people's privacy. So we need to find a way to do it in a way that generates useful insights without making someone feel like the target of a stalker.