By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, May 28 (Reuters) – U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield. In a letter shared with Reuters by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden, an Oregon Democrat, U.S. Central Command said it had “
Source: Exclusive: Pentagon says US military personnel are reportedly being targeted using location data
it alwsys seemed wild to me that even back in the first gulf war, abu graib prison, soldiers had cell phones and cameras and such. just seemed ripe for exploiting. ‘course, back in my army days there were’t cell phone or the internet of the web, so easy for me to say we had good disipline. but i do recall we were’t allwoed to even have a camera with use (although osome guys risked it, hence how i have pics of me and such.
