US troops are reportedly being targeted using location data, Pentagon says

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delichon•about 1 hour ago

Having good control over the signals your soldiers emit is life or death and win or lose in modern war. If command does get control over that it becomes a great tool for deception in detail. If they do, the Pentagon might want to make an announcement like this to lure their enemies into using this data.

Battlefield AI could continuously generate simulations of troop deployments in plausible detail and publish them by loading web pages with spoofed location data on behalf of warfighter's "private" devices. They could also use drones as a kind of infantry chaff, with correct electromagnetic signatures from infrared to wifi.

caycep•about 1 hour ago

Maybe they should have paid more attention to what's happening in Ukraine... (targeting of Russian troops posting selfies on social media...)

8note•about 1 hour ago

its pretty clear negligence to not have learned everything possible from the ukranian forces at all levels.

the US has learned this same lesson many times though, with people of all stripes posting their workouts running back and forth on aircraft carriers on strava. same with their patrol routes around bases

Danox•about 1 hour ago

Learning probably hasn’t taken place because I think there is a disrespect on the part of the US forces towards the Ukraine and that probably was true in Vietnam and Afghanistan…

im3w1l•44 minutes ago

Knowledge doesn't diffuse perfectly and instantly through an institution.

cyanydeez•13 minutes ago

maybe they should care more about privacy ingeneris

Danox•about 1 hour ago

Absolutely incredible….

testfrequency•about 2 hours ago

Peter Thiel licking his grubby little lips right now at the prospect of furthering his surveillance monopoly

kmbfjr•about 1 hour ago

Maybe a comprehensive privacy law that bans the sale of location data, how is that for a start?

FireBeyond•17 minutes ago

Doesn't even have to be a sale. The boundaries of US bases in the ME during our conflicts there could be very reliably be mapped inside Strava, et. al. because the soldiers would be posting workouts.

Same with aircraft carrier movements.

Bender•about 2 hours ago

Consider using the war powers act to stop the attacks on service people. Aiding and abetting the enemy. Maybe a tweet to DJT, Hegseth and General Caine. Could be a distraction from Iran or whatever else they may want a distraction from.

nubinetwork•about 1 hour ago

... and why are military phones using the public internet?

US troops are reportedly being targeted using location data, Pentagon says

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