{
  "id": 5538604,
  "title": "Exclusive-US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/exclusive-us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle-5538604",
  "topic": "tech",
  "section": "Tech",
  "published": "2026-09-04T10:46:35.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Al-Monitor",
    "slug": "al-monitor",
    "url": "https://www.al-monitor.com/originals/2026/09/exclusive-us-military-turns-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "By Raphael Satter WASHINGTON, Sept 4 (Reuters) - U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday byU.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, adevelopment that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to targetAmerican forces in the Middle East.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 4,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "CNA - Business",
        "title": "Exclusive-US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/exclusive-us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle",
        "published": "2026-09-04T10:02:06.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Arabian Business",
        "title": "Disney+ to allow overseas streaming with a Middle East account very soon",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/disney-to-allow-overseas-streaming-with-a-middle-east-account-very",
        "published": "2026-09-04T10:37:07.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "Techmeme",
        "title": "Letters: US military branches disabled ad trackers on government-issued devices amid reports of location data being used to target US forces in the Middle East (Raphael Satter/Reuters)",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/04/letters-us-military-branches-disabled-ad-trackers-on-government",
        "published": "2026-09-04T10:55:00.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "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."
}