Serious stuff! Essentially any and each personal wearable computer device worn by a soldier anywhere in the world could be exploited/spied on by adversaries.
Notice this article is only about government issued devices.
Notice the two articles do not report which country is behind this neither does the letter by the US Senator (e.g. China, Russia, North Korea). Why this secrecy?
"The U.S. Department of Defense has disabled advertising tracking on troops’ phones and computers as part of an effort to protect them from threats that target their locations, according to a letter shared with Sen. Ron Wyden.
Per a letter shared with the senior Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, Wyden said that the U.S. Army, Air Force, Navy, and Marine Corps, and Special Operations Command have all disabled advertising tracking across their government-issued devices. ..."
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