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US troops' location data still for sale, Congress demands answers

By PulseAugur Editorial · [3 sources] ·

Despite Department of Defense controls, location data for US troops remains available for purchase, prompting an inquiry from Congress. This situation highlights ongoing privacy concerns related to the commercialization of location data. The issue underscores the challenges in preventing the tracking of military personnel through mobile ad identifiers. AI

IMPACT Highlights ongoing privacy concerns and the challenges in controlling sensitive data in the age of AI-driven tracking.

RANK_REASON The cluster discusses news about US troops' location data being available for purchase and Congress's inquiry, which is a policy and safety issue, but not a direct release of a new AI model or frontier research.

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US troops' location data still for sale, Congress demands answers

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COVERAGE [3]

  1. The Register — AI TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    US troops can still be tracked by purchased location data, and Congress wants to know why

    DoD controls on mobile ad identifiers haven't stopped military location data turning up for sale

  2. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings Article URL: https:// lapcatsoftware.com/articles/20 26/9/1.html Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinato

    Chrome again exempts Google from user site data settings Article URL: https:// lapcatsoftware.com/articles/20 26/9/1.html Comments URL: https:// news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4 9581870 Points: 24 # Comments: 0 https:// lapcatsoftware.com/articles/20 26/9/1.html # Tech # Technology…

    LINKS lapcatsoftware.com/…/1.html
  3. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    US troops can still be tracked by purchased location data, and Congress wants to know why DoD controls on mobile ad identifiers haven't stopped military locatio

    US troops can still be tracked by purchased location data, and Congress wants to know why DoD controls on mobile ad identifiers haven't stopped military location data turning up for sale https://www. theregister.com/public-sector/ 2026/09/06/us-troops-can-still-be-tracked-by-purc…

    LINKS theregister.com/…/5294652 theregister.com/public-sector

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