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  "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",
  "topic": "tech",
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  "published": "2026-09-04T10:55:00.000Z",
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    "url": "https://www.reuters.com/business/media-telecom/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-2026-09-04/"
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  "summary": "U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released …",
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        "title": "Exclusive-US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports",
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