The threat is an industry. The fix is a phone setting.
Data brokers keep selling troop locations to anyone with a credit card, and the Pentagon's response is to disable one identifier on its own phones.
Source article: US military branches disable ad trackers on service members' devices.
Column metadata
- Published
- Pen name
- Editorial Board
- Topic tags
- armed conflict, conflict, war and peace, government policy, law enforcement
- Primary entities
- Ron Wyden, Pat Harrigan, US Air Force, US Army, US Special Operations Command, US Navy, Pentagon, Zach Edwards, Decryptads
- Themes
- Military security, Location data privacy, Mobile advertising identifiers, Data brokers, Pentagon oversight
- Floor values engaged
- Accountability of power, human_life_and_dignity, Truthfulness