A letter from the Pentagon, exposed this week, confirms that US adversaries have used location data from soldiers' phones to target them in war zones.
The United States military has known for years that enemies could use location data to track troops’ phones. It has also long been aware of easy fixes for the problem. The Pentagon adopted almost none of these protections, though, in spite of admitting in the letter that US adversaries are actually using the data to target soldiers in war.
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The US Supreme Court ruled Monday that law enforcement must obtain a search warrant based on probable cause before accessing cellphone location data through geofence searches. The 6-3 decision in Chatrie v. United States strengthens Fourth Amendment protections for users' digital location history.
China's Ministry of State Security has warned that data from popular phone games could be used to train foreign military AI models.
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New warnings from researchers highlight how Wi-Fi technology could turn everyday routers into surveillance tools capable of identifying individuals.
A US State Department report alleges that China operates three spy facilities in Cuba to monitor American military activity. The report also claims Beijing and Moscow view the sites as key listening posts.