
@yaelwrites @jonah I'm just glad that GDPR basically criminalizes said businesses and that @noybeu is working hard combatting them.
#EUpol #GDPR #Commentary #DataTrafficking #DataHoarding #DataBrokers

On pourrait convenir d’un emoji qui servirait à taguer un post dont le contenu est essentiellement un lien vers une plateforme toxique : X, Facebook, Instagram, paywall obligeant à désactiver des protections (antipub, privacy badger, etc.). Vous verriez lequel : ☠️🤢🧪 un autre ?
The Pentagon Knew Enemies Could Track Troops’ Phones for Years. Now They Are
US Central Command now confirms it has received “multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil US personnel in theater”—the first official acknowledgment that the data-broker economy is being used to hunt American forces in the Middle East.
#databrokers #military #surveillance #security #cybersecurity
A US Senate report finds data brokers deliberately design opt-out processes to fail — in some cases requiring a paid subscription just to find your own listings.
By US Senate Joint Economic Committee
https://www.jec.senate.gov/public/_cache/files/7f821956-d826-4241-8196-be987cc1f06c/2026-02-27-jec-data-brokers-report-final.pdf
Reuters: Exclusive: US military personnel are being targeted using location data, Pentagon letter shows. “U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available location data, according to reports fielded by military officials, an illustration of how the global surveillance economy is shaping the battlefield.”
https://rbfirehose.com/2026/05/29/exclusive-us-military-personnel-are-being-targeted-using-location-data-pentagon-letter-shows-reuters/
Reuters: Exclusive: US military personnel are being targeted using location data, Pentagon letter shows. “U.S. forces deployed to war zones have been targeted using commercially available lo…
Enemies Are Exploiting Unregulated Data Broker Location Data To Target And Kill U.S. Troops