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Armed services disable ad identifiers after brokered data targeted troops

development2026-09-07

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The armed services disabled advertising identifiers on their devices after brokered location data was used to target US troops, with a senator asking why that was purchasable with a credit card.

Reporting date: 2026-09-07 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to September 7, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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A surveillance product hunts people by movement patterns with no identifier

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Armed services disable ad identifiers after brokered data targeted troops
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-09-07
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-09-07-location-data-used-to-target-troops
Claim: The armed services disabled advertising identifiers on their devices after brokered location data was used to target US troops, with a senator asking why that was purchasable with a credit card.
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- Welcome to September 7, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-7-2026
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