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> We find what appear to be personal devices being brought by military personnel into war zones, exposing pre-deployment sites and military positions. Is this
by juunpp 2y ago
> We find what appear to be personal devices being brought by military personnel into war zones, exposing pre-deployment sites and military positions.
Is this verified? Does the military not ban Apple/Google personal trackers?
- lelandfe 2y agoOne would hope after https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracki...
- gruez 2y agoBasically any sort of Android/iOS device by default will report back the location of nearby APs. Given how important phones are (eg. for entertainment or keeping in touch), it's basically impossible to ban them.
- eximius 2y agoFeels like the theatre of war where opsec literally means life or death to yourself, you'd be willing to leave your device at base or faraday it or something.
- karma_pharmer 2y agoYeah but then millennials came along.
- yellow_postit 2y agoMultiple militaries have had locations disclosed via Strava. BYOD is everywhere.
- ezconnect 2y agoThat is a known fact and widely reported to have caused security issues. Even in the Ukraine conflict if the Russian army doesn't follow protocol of NOT BRINGING your phone to deployment they get targeted instantly by US missiles. SIGINT can map phone signals showing large group of people in certain areas just by having your phone on and all this privacy thing turned off.