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The Ease of Tracking Mobile Phones of U.S. Soldiers in Hot Spots

23 pointsby scottbucksabout 4 years ago

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trhwayabout 4 years ago
reminded the old story of &quot;fitbit&quot; data showing US bases in Mid East <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2018&#x2F;jan&#x2F;28&#x2F;fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.theguardian.com&#x2F;world&#x2F;2018&#x2F;jan&#x2F;28&#x2F;fitness-tracki...</a><p>Another case - in Donbass war targeting using cell phone signal has been widespread in 2014, both sides were doing it as telecom infrastructure was tightly interconnected (during early stages of the war Russian forces would for example be tracked from their bases in Russia and would be hit once they clearly in Ukraine), and according to that <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;publication&#x2F;324669488_The_Use_of_Private_Mobile_Phones_at_War_Accounts_From_the_Donbas_Conflict" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;publication&#x2F;324669488_The_Use_o...</a> it seems that it has been going well beyond the early period, and among other it also mentions drones being targeted toward cell phone signal. (Btw, Ukraine has a booming industry of amateur&#x2F;early startups building drones for military use - from smallish for scouting, situation awareness and fire targeting to heavier ones used for strikes (though not anywhere close to Reaper, it is more of platoon level use mostly for dropping semi-DYI munitions) - i think there are chances that at some point it will surface as civil drone powerhouse)
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