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US Military Disables Ad Trackers Amid Targeting Concerns
The U.S. military has disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden. This action follows reports that commercially available location data, collected by the advertising industry and sold by data brokers, has been used to track and target U.S. military personnel deployed to war zones, particularly in the Middle East. The U.S. Air Force informed Senator Wyden that it disabled these identifiers two months ago, while the U.S. Special Operations Command stated it had "recently" disabled them on its Windows devices. This development highlights a growing national security concern regarding the potential misuse of location data.
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