WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters, opens new tab 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 disclosures highlight a growing national security concern: that location data collected by the advertising industry and sold by data brokers — companies that collate and resell personal data — can be used to track and target military personnel deployed to war zones.
Reuters is paywalled, Paywalled sites are against the rules of the community.
Please change your link to this: https://www.internazionale.it/ultime-notizie-reuters/2026/09/04/exclusive-us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports
I will have to remove it, if you keep the paywalled link in the post.
Done and done. Thanks for the heads up, Beep. You’d think I wouldn’t miss the very first rule lol but here we are
Thank you.
I wasn’t sure where to post this. Technology seemed the best for it, considering it’s advertising tech. Almost posted it in inshittification.
