Laut dem US-Militär wurden US-Truppen schon mehrfach mithilfe von Standortdaten aus Smartphones ins Visier genommen. Die Problematik ist altbekannt.

By Raphael SatterWASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) - U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by…

This marks the first official confirmation that U.S. forces have been targeted in an active conflict zone this way, according to Wyden and a bipartisan group of legislators who…

Location data is widely used in digital advertising, which is a key source of revenue for many tech companies.

U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials.

Laut dem US-Militär wurden US-Truppen schon mehrfach mithilfe von Standortdaten aus Smartphones ins Visier genommen. Die Problematik ist altbekannt.

The US military has long known that cheap fixes could stop location data from exposing its troops. It adopted almost none—and now says adversaries are using the data to target…