The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are Highlight

Earlier this month, the Army told soldiers to start using their own personal phones for government work—the same phones that broadcast advertising IDs and feed location to the very brokers at the heart of the threat. The Army says its own access stops at a walled-off work app, leaving a soldier’s texts, photos, and browsing private. But data brokers face no such walls, as its own researchers have already pointed out.