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US military disabled ad tracking on troops’ devices following reports of targeted attacks
The U.S. military disabled ad tracking on troops' devices following intelligence that foreign adversaries were using location data from advertisements to target service members. A senator's letter confirms the action was taken in response to these targeted attacks. The measure aims to prevent adversaries from exploiting commercial ad networks to identify and track military personnel.
Why it matters: Military personnel and their families are exposed to location-based targeting by hostile nation-states through ad networks; practitioners managing military device security must implement similar tracking controls across their fleets.
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