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How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets

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Re: How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets

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Excellent article and the methods described are accurate. I was speaking extensively about this from 2017-2020 and the usual reaction when I talked about this was disbelief. I was not surprised when In-Q-Tel came calling. I pitched them a military grade privacy protocol but my suspicion was that they were more interested in spying on our users (a non-starter).

Re: How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets

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>Working with Grindr data, Yeagley began drawing geofences—creating virtual boundaries in geographical data sets—around buildings belonging to government agencies that do national security work.

Are you seriously telling me that government phones of national security employees allow for the installation of apps that track your location and/or these employees are allowed to bring personal cell phones into these buildings?

Re: How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets

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>Working with Grindr data, Yeagley began drawing geofences—creating virtual boundaries in geographical data sets—around buildings belonging to government agencies that do national security work. Are you seriously telling me that government phones of national security employees allow for the installation of apps that track your location and/or these employees are allowed to bring personal cell phones into these buildi…

Employees are generally allowed to bring phones into federal buildings. There are areas within the buildings they may not be able to take them to, and there are some buildings with a total ban. In that case, though, the phones would still be left somewhere nearby, like the parking lot.

Re: How The Pentagon learned to use targeted ads to find its targets

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Excellent article and the methods described are accurate. I was speaking extensively about this from 2017-2020 and the usual reaction when I talked about this was disbelief. I was not surprised when In-Q-Tel came calling. I pitched them a military grade privacy protocol but my suspicion was that they were more interested in spying on our users (a non-starter).

Any additional info on the subject you recommend?
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