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  "id": 16855245,
  "title": "How online ads were used to hunt Starlink users",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/28/how-online-ads-were-used-to-hunt-starlink-users",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-10-28T05:54:39.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "TechCentral",
    "slug": "techcentral",
    "url": "https://techcentral.co.za/online-ads-hunt-starlink-users/287725/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Researchers say Israeli firm Discover-Tech used digital ads to geolocate and surveil Starlink users worldwide.",
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    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Sources: Trend Micro's TrendAI found Israeli adtech company Discover-Tech heavily targeted Starlink users in 100+ countries, likely to geolocate or surveil them (Raphael Satter/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/sources-trend-micros-trendai-found-israeli-adtech-company-discover",
        "published": "2026-10-27T12:05:01.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Tom's Hardware",
        "title": "Israeli ad tech firm tied to suspected Starlink tracking effort, report claims",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/27/israeli-ad-tech-firm-tied-to-suspected-starlink-tracking-effort",
        "published": "2026-10-27T17:37:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}