Iran tracks US troops in Gulf using commercially available phone-location data

Turns out the nightmarish corporate digital panopticon Big Tech and the state are erecting around us isn’t all bad.

Telecoms data and worried ‘people familiar with the matter’ have told FT that Iran or pro-Iranian actors have been running a “coordinated campaign” to pinpoint the locations of phones belonging to US servicemen operating in roaming mode across the Middle East using commercial ad tools.

“Iran absolutely has capabilities to get real-time, immediate and continuous location information,” Citizen Lab research fellow Garry Miller said. “It would surprise me very much if Iran were not using SS7, or mobile network access in the region, to track US users.”

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