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US troops can still be tracked by purchased location data, and Congress
US troops can still be tracked by purchased location data, and Congress wants to know why
TL;DRUS military locations leak through purchased phone tracking data despite Pentagon controls.
Why it matters: National security vulnerability exposing troop movements to adversaries through commercial data brokers.
DoD controls on mobile ad identifiers haven't stopped military location data turning up for sale
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