Dossier
Commercial geolocation data
Coverage of Commercial geolocation data in the Nexus archive.
- Troops’ phones gave away location data to foreign adversaries
Foreign adversaries exploited commercial geolocation data from US military personnel's smartphones to target or surveil troops in the Middle East, according to Pentagon admissions. Despite congressional demands for improved smartphone security, the Department of Defense has not fully disabled geolocation features on issued and personal devices in active war zones.