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submitted 1 month ago by savvie@lemmy.zip to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

US military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by the US senator Ron Wyden and ⁠statements given to Reuters.

The development follows reports ​that commercially available location data had been used to target American forces in the Middle East.

The air force told Wyden it disabled the advertising identifiers on computers and mobile phones two ⁠months ago. US Special Operations Command said in a separate letter that it had “recently” disabled them on its Windows devices. The army told Reuters that advertising IDs tied to mobile devices had been disabled since earlier this year.

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[-] mp3@lemmy.ca 58 points 1 month ago

Targeted ads are once again not just a nuisance, but a security risk.

[-] Chais@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 month ago

🌍🧑‍🚀🔫🧑‍🚀

[-] TwiddleTwaddle@lemmy.blahaj.zone 40 points 1 month ago

People in communities like this have been blocking connections to advertising and tracking networks for over a decade, how the hell did the US fucking military not figure out what a problem that could be until this year??

[-] ThePantser@sh.itjust.works 19 points 1 month ago
[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 9 points 1 month ago

"When population is too high and jobs are too low, wars are begun."

[-] waltersf@bookwyr.me 10 points 1 month ago

Hope everyone 🔖, and annoyingly demonstrate this to “you have nothing to ”

[-] ohshit604@lemmy.halstead.host 4 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

US military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by the US senator Ron Wyden and ⁠statements given to Reuters.

Someone should let those officials know that disabling and or refusing trackers is yet another way of tracking.

[-] atrielienz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

On troop's personal phones, or on government issued equipment?

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