US military turns off ad tracking to secure troop locations
The US Army, Air Force, and Special Operations Command have deactivated mobile advertising identifiers on their devices. This move aims to stop hostile actors from monitoring military personnel through commercial location information. Senator Ron Wyden revealed these details, though security specialists caution that while turning off ad IDs is a helpful step, it does not fully remove all tracking vulnerabilities for soldiers in the field.
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