Pentagon Confirms US Troops Targeted via Smartphone Location Data (heise.de)

• CENTCOM confirms: Smartphone location data used to target US troops.
• No ban on personal smartphones in combat zones; existing protections deemed inadequate.
• Senator Wyden criticizes decade-long inaction; calls for stricter data broker rules.

"The Pentagon has acknowledged for the first time that commercially available smartphone location data is used to target or surveil US soldiers in combat zones, including the Iran war. CENTCOM's response to Senator Wyden's inquiry states there is no ban on personal smartphones and that current measures are insufficient. Wyden criticizes the DoD for failing to prioritize this threat for a decade."