US Military disables ad trackers on troops' phones
theguardian.com
US Military disables ad trackers on troops' phones
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Re: US Military disables ad trackers on troops' phones
#2It sounds like they disabled the "advertising ID" OS feature, but there are many other ways to fingerprint a device for advertising. Maybe this will lead to real privacy reform, now that the true risks are apparent. Not to mention ICE using the same data against civilians.
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#4Could also you know just ban invasive tracking and adtech bullshit…
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#5Could probably get a lot of actionable military information about troop locations by running targeted ads for subprime auto loans and divorce lawyers and collecting location information, discarding any US locations.
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#6Could also you know just ban invasive tracking and adtech bullshit…
Absolutely not, rules for thee not for me!
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#7Could probably get a lot of actionable military information about troop locations by running targeted ads for subprime auto loans and divorce lawyers and collecting location information, discarding any US locations.
You say that like it’s not already happening.
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#8Could probably get a lot of actionable military information about troop locations by running targeted ads for subprime auto loans and divorce lawyers and collecting location information, discarding any US locations.
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#9This is just happening now? Shouldn't this have been done for troop security a long time ago?
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#10Wow, it's like there should be a law that allows anyone to disable all data tracking about then, not just anonymize it.
This is a large conversation about Consent, which is a concept Silicon Valley refuses to acknowledge.