Pentagon restricts soldiers' phone tracking over Middle East concerns
The U.S. Department of Defense has restricted the tracking of soldiers' phones in the Middle East out of concern for their safety, announcing that military officials have disabled ad-tracking tools on U.S. Army computers and mobile devices. This includes ad identifiers linked to Windows devices, and the measures were taken two months ago. The move comes in response to reports about the use of commercial location data to target U.S. forces in the region. Senator Ron Widen, a Democrat from Oregon, has been calling on the Department of Defense for greater transparency regarding these procedures for several months.
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