US military officials have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers amid concerns that commercially available location data could help Iran target American forces in the Middle East, Reuters reported on Friday.
Reuters based the report on letters from the Air Force, Army, Navy and US Special Operations Command that were released by Senator Ron Wyden, as well as statements the Army gave directly to Reuters.
The Air Force told Wyden it had disabled advertising identifiers on computers and mobile phones two months ago, while US Special Operations Command said it had "recently" disabled them on Windows devices.
Wyden said the military's efforts "have not been effective at neutralizing this threat."
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