US troops can still be tracked by purchased location data, and Congress wants to know why
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The US military has stopped advertising identifiers on a number of phones and computers after it became clear that information about the devices' location was used to track and attack military personnel in the Middle East. This was reported by Reuters. This is data that companies in the advertising industry collect en masse from computers and mobile devices, including where they are, to target ads. This data is freely sold on the Internet as par…
Reuters: US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports
Reuters: US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports. “U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to target American forces in the Middle East.”
The Department of Defense deactivated advertising identifiers on official devices, but legislators warn that location data linked to U.S. troops still appear in the commercial market.
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