{"id":4012,"date":"2026-06-04T21:51:39","date_gmt":"2026-06-04T21:51:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/?p=4012"},"modified":"2026-06-05T00:55:25","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T00:55:25","slug":"location-data-as-a-security-threat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/location-data-as-a-security-threat\/","title":{"rendered":"Location data as a security threat"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cIn&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.documentcloud.org\/documents\/28169995-dod-location-data-attachment-wyden\/\" target=\"_blank\">a letter<\/a>&nbsp;shared by Sen. Ron Wyden with TechCrunch, U.S. Central Command said it was aware of hostile actors using purchased location data to track U.S. servicemembers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The FBI is suggesting that\u00a0people use ad blockers to minimize available data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">What does this mean? Location data tracking is heading toward legislative and regulatory limitations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2026\/05\/28\/u-s-says-troops-were-targeted-with-location-data-as-senator-warns-ad-industry-is-a-national-security-threat\/\">Tech Crunch<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIn&nbsp;a letter&nbsp;shared by Sen. Ron Wyden with TechCrunch, U.S. Central Command said it was aware of hostile actors using purchased location data to track U.S. servicemembers.\u201d The FBI is suggesting that\u00a0people use ad blockers to minimize available data. What does this mean? Location data tracking is heading toward legislative and regulatory limitations. Tech Crunch<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4012"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4019,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4012\/revisions\/4019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/informedintel.com\/account\/datasecurity\/wp-datasecurity\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}