The Shadowy World of Commercial Location Data: A Threat to National Security In the ongoing Iran war, commercially available location data is being exploited to target American forces.
This trend has prompted the US military to disable advertising trackers on computers and cellphones, preventing their troops from being monitored and tracked.
The decision by the Air Force, Special Operations Command, and Army to shut down advertising identifiers comes as no surprise, given the ease with which location data can be bought and sold in the commercial market.