Re: US troops are reportedly being targeted using location data, Pentagon says

U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.

In a letter shared with Reuters by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, U.S. Central Command said it had “received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.”

🔗 US troops are reportedly being targeted using location data, Pentagon says

Man this is wild! I've seen reports where people are tracking their runs with Strava while deployed on aircraft carriers and it effectively gives away the ship location which should be pretty sensitive information