I've been warning about this moment for two decades over at Techdirt
The U.S. is too corrupt to regulate data brokers (and their exploitation and sale of location data) and the check has come due
Scoop: Central Command is getting reports that military personnel are being targeted using commercially available location data. Few details available, but it’s a sign that the tech industry’s advertising-surveillance complex is having consequences on the battlefield.
www.reuters.com/business/med...
It's an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.
