Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleUS military branches have deactivated mobile advertising trackers across service devices following security threats to troops deployed in the Middle East.The decision comes after reports revealed that commercially available location data sold by data brokers was being exploited by adversaries to target American forces.US Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Pat Harrigan sent a letter to the Pentagon on Friday asking for an investigation into whether the military had properly countered the dangers of the location data trade.Defence officials are also evaluating broader restrictions on personal mobile phone usage over concerns that media posts could assist adversaries in targeting bases.Cybersecurity experts noted that disabling advertising identifiers is a positive step against bulk data sales, although personnel could still face tracking via more sophisticated methods.In fullUS military disables ad trackers as data emerges as growing threat in Iran warMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
US military turns off ad trackers amid growing calls to ‘neutralize threat’
Jump to contentAllNewsSportCultureLifestyleUS military branches have deactivated mobile advertising trackers across service devices following security threats to troops deployed in the Middle East.The decision comes after reports revealed that commercially available location data sold by data brokers was being exploited by adversaries to target American forces.US Senator Ron Wyden and Representative Pat Harrigan sent a letter to the Pentagon on Friday asking for an investigation into whether the military had properly countered the dangers of the location data trade.Defence officials are also evaluating broader restrictions on personal mobile phone usage over concerns that media posts could assist adversaries in targeting bases.Cybersecurity experts noted that disabling advertising identifiers is a positive step against bulk data sales, although personnel could still face tracking via more sophisticated methods.In fullUS military disables ad trackers as data emerges as growing threat in Iran warMore bulletinsThank you for registeringPlease refresh the page or navigate to another page on the site to be automatically logged inPlease refresh your browser to be logged in
