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Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

I've been warning about this moment for two decades over at Techdirt The U.S. is too corrupt to regulate data brokers (and their exploitation and sale of location data) and the check has come due

Raphael Satter@raphae.li

Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it’s a sign that the tech industry’s advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield. www.reuters.com/business/med...

reuters.comExclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location dataIt's an illustration of how the global surveillance ‌economy is shaping the battlefield.
Karl Bode
@karlbode.com

and if they don't get it from their jogging app they can probably get it from the rideshare app, or the diet app, or the cellular carrier themselves

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