Letter: US Central Command says it received “threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data” to target US personnel in war zones
U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data …
Reuters Raphael Satter
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if only the pentagon had known about this beforehand.... [embedded post]
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@raphae.li
Raphael Satter
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Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it's a sign that the tech industry's advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield. — www.re…
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Johnny Ryan
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Reminder: Adtech is dangerous. New story, same problem. — www.reuters.com/business/med... 9 years since I blew the whistle. 8 years since formal complaint to Irish DPC (which supervises Google and others across all of Europe). — Senator Wyden's letter today —> www.documentc…
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@aaronblackshear
Aaron Blackshear
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Enlisting and then not getting killed by a drone, because I don't be putting shit on my phone [embedded post]
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Karl Bode
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I've been warning about this moment for two decades over at Techdirt — The U.S. is too corrupt to regulate data brokers (and their exploitation and sale of location data) and the check has come due [embedded post]
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“U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data” — Just like I, @johnnyryan and others warned. — US Senator Wyden says it's time to “start treating the adtech industry as a national security threat”. Agreed. — https://www.re…
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Jake Williams
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I really thought the John Oliver piece on data brokers was going to lead to some real caps on what data brokers could do. I was wrong. [embedded post]
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Exclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data
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I first covered the threat to all of us from our leaky location data being hoovered up by data brokers back in 2018. — That was 8 years ago! — Our conspicuous lack of privacy laws has consequences. [embedded post]
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The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops' Phones for Years. Now They Are | The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. …