By Raphael SatterWASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday byU.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, adevelopment that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to targetAmerican forces in the Middle East.

U.S. military disables ad trackers on devices to protect personnel from potential targeting using location data amid security concerns.

The disclosures highlight a growing national security concern: that location data collected by the advertising industry and sold by data brokers can be used to track and target…