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Foreign enemies have a shockingly simple way to track US troops overseas, lawmakers warn
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Pentagon after U.S. Central Command disclosed it had received multiple threat reports indicating foreign adversaries were exploiting commercially available location data to target or surveil American military personnel overseas.
In a letter to War Department Chief Information Officer Kirsten Davies, lawmakers led by Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., and Rep. Pat Harrigan, R-N.C., warned that the Pentagon «has not taken basic steps to protect U.S. military personnel from the serious counterintelligence and force protection threat posed by the collection and sale of personal information, including cell phone location data, by data brokers.»
The lawmakers cited information provided by U.S. Central Command, which told Congress it «has received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.»
The warning centers on the vast commercial data broker industry, which collects and sells location information generated by smartphones, apps and advertising networks. Lawmakers say adversaries may be able to purchase or otherwise obtain that data and use it to identify military installations, monitor troop movements or track individual service members.
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A bipartisan group of lawmakers is demanding answers from the Pentagon about adversaries exploiting commercially available location data to target or surveil American military personnel overseas. (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)
After revealing that CENTCOM had received multiple threat reports involving adversaries exploiting commercial location data, the lawmakers argued the Pentagon has failed to adequately address a vulnerability that has been known for years.
«That foreign adversaries are still able to buy location data collected from the phones of U.S. personnel serving in military hotspots is a direct result of DOD leadership’s failure to prioritize this threat and implement common sense cyber defenses recommended by federal cybersecurity experts,» the lawmakers wrote.
According to the letter, CENTCOM told lawmakers it only rolled out a capability to administratively disable location sharing on government-issued smartphones in May. Lawmakers also said advertising identifiers — unique tracking numbers used by advertisers and data brokers to monitor devices across apps and services — remain active on government-issued devices despite longstanding recommendations from cybersecurity agencies to disable them.
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The lawmakers urged the Pentagon to disable advertising identifiers on all government-issued smartphones and issue guidance requiring personnel to do the same on personal devices used overseas or on military installations. They also called for the Departement of War to replace web browsers that facilitate advertising-related data collection with privacy-focused alternatives that include anti-tracking protections.
The Pentagon has been grappling with the security implications of commercially available location data for years. In 2018, the fitness-tracking app Strava inadvertently revealed the locations and movement patterns of military personnel after publishing a global heat map of user activity. Similar concerns later emerged involving other fitness and location-based applications that exposed military installations and, in some cases, could be used to identify individual service members.
The War Department subsequently issued guidance restricting the use of applications and devices that share geolocation data in operational areas. But lawmakers argue the department has not fully implemented more basic protections designed to limit the collection and sale of location information in the first place.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Pentagon for comment.
Cybersecurity experts say the concern extends far beyond fitness-tracking applications.
The lawmakers cited information provided by U.S. Central Command, which told Congress it «has received multiple threat reports concerning adversary exploitation of commercial location data to target or surveil U.S. personnel in theater.» (Jonathan Klein/AFP via Getty Images)
The commercial data ecosystem collects vast amounts of location information generated through smartphones, mobile applications, advertising technology systems and other digital services.
«The United States’ foreign adversaries have plentiful opportunities to exploit commercial location data on Americans, because so much location data is collected, shared, sold, inferred, and much more across the commercial market on millions of Americans every day,» Justin Sherman, CEO of research and advisory firm Global Cyber Strategies, told Fox News Digital.
Sherman said foreign adversaries can potentially obtain access to location data through data brokers, digital advertising networks and other commercial systems that collect and sell information about users’ movements.
«If you’re one of the United States’ foreign adversaries, you have advanced cyber capabilities, but you see all this U.S. data out there on the commercial market, you’d think: ‘why hack when I can buy?’»
«Foreign adversaries can take advantage of gaps in U.S. privacy laws, failures in other countries to lock down data, and the pervasiveness of digital systems to get location data from data brokers, real-time bidding networks for digital ads, and many other commercial sources,» Sherman said.
The commercial data ecosystem collects vast amounts of location information generated through smartphones, mobile applications, advertising technology systems and other digital services. (Source: U.S. Army )
Once obtained, Sherman said the data can potentially be used to identify individuals, track their movements over time and build what intelligence professionals refer to as «patterns of life» — detailed pictures of a person’s routines, habits and activities.
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«The sale of location data in particular on Americans’ devices puts military personnel at risk, can expose their families and other people in their lives, and allow anyone with the data to see the sites they visit, map patterns of life, run intelligence operations against them, and more,» Sherman said. «It’s a serious national security threat.»
The lawmakers’ letter raises fresh questions about how much commercially available data foreign adversaries can access and whether existing Pentagon safeguards are sufficient to protect American troops operating in sensitive environments around the world.
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Por qué Donald Trump no apareció en ningún partido del Mundial 2026: temor a los abucheos, cánticos sexuales y dudas de su presencia en la final
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When it comes to the U.S. food supply, more voters prioritize protecting public health than lowering food prices, according to the latest Fox News Poll.
The survey, released Monday, also finds broad voter support for key elements of the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement, even as they give Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. negative job ratings.
By a 16-point margin, voters prefer safeguarding public health (58%) more than lowering food prices (42%).
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That view crosses party lines, with majorities of Democrats (57%), Republicans (58%), and independents (62%) prioritizing health and well-being.
MAHA was popularized by Kennedy during his 2024 presidential campaign and evolved into a national health-policy movement after he ended his bid and endorsed President Trump. Some of its goals include improving nutrition, eliminating harmful additives, and enhancing children’s health.
Roughly 9 in 10 voters say it is extremely or very important for the government to focus on improving food safety (89% important), lowering food costs (88%), and expanding access to healthy foods (85%). About 8 in 10 consider limiting harmful additives (83% important) and increasing transparency in food labeling (81%) important. About 6 in 10 place the same emphasis on reducing vaping and nicotine use (63% important) or limiting screen time for children under age 16 (60%).
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Support for new food regulations is prevalent. More than 9 in 10 voters favor requiring clearer food labeling (91%), and almost as many (87%) support banning food additives that other countries have restricted because of health concerns.
Smaller majorities support banning flavored nicotine products, including vapes and nicotine pouches (65% favor) and prohibiting children under 16 from using social media platforms (60%).
Eliminating vaccine requirements is less popular, as fewer than 4 in 10 are in favor (36%) – although that number is up 10 points since December.
Most policies enjoy widespread support across key demographics, except on vaccines where differences emerge.
More Republicans (45%) than Democrats (25%) favor eliminating vaccine requirements in public schools by a 20-point margin (the only proposal where fewer than half of each group favor it), and more MAGA (53%) than non-MAGA Republicans (32%) support eliminating vaccines by 21 points.
Men, Black voters, and voters under age 30 are more likely to favor eliminating vaccine requirements than women, White voters, and voters 65 and up.
«If I were advising Republicans in state and local races in 2026, I would tell them to embrace key policy elements from the MAHA agenda,» says Republican pollster Daron Shaw who helps conduct the Fox News Poll alongside Democratic counterpart Chris Anderson. «Protecting Americans, especially children, from bad food, bad drugs, and bad apps is extremely popular, particularly with groups Republicans have struggled with lately.»
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Despite support for many MAHA priorities, Kennedy’s job rating remains underwater: 45% approve of his performance, while 54% disapprove. Those numbers are largely unchanged since last September.
About 9 in 10 MAGA Republicans (88%) approve of Kennedy, compared to 6 in 10 non-MAGA Republicans (58%).
Fathers (54% approve) and voters under 30 (51%) also boost Kennedy’s ratings, with more than half approving of his job performance, higher than mothers (43% approve), non-parents (44%), and voters 65 and over (39%).
A closer look at parents
Mothers and fathers differ in food-policy priorities. More moms prioritize keeping food costs low by 2 points, while dads favor protecting public health by 16 points.
Although parents and non-parents generally align on many MAHA-related issues, more dads than moms say it is important for the government to reduce screen time for children under 16 (68% vs. 47% important) and support banning children from social media platforms (67% vs. 59% favor).
Dads are also more likely than moms to favor eliminating vaccine requirements (52% vs. 33% favor), and more parents support eliminating them than non-parents (42% vs. 34% favor).
The generational divide
Voters under age 30 favor prioritizing public health more than lower food costs by 8 points, but that gap widens to 44 points among voters 65 and over.
On screen time, voters under 30 support banning children under 16 from social media by just 2 points, while that margin expands to 24 points among voters 65 and over.
When it comes to vaccines, young voters oppose eliminating them by 10 points, compared to a large 57-point opposition among those 65 and up.
Conducted June 12-15, 2026, under the direction of Beacon Research (D) and Shaw & Company Research (R), this Fox News survey includes interviews with a sample of 1,002 registered voters randomly selected from a national voter file. Respondents spoke with live interviewers on landlines (101) and cellphones (644) or completed the survey online after receiving a text (257). Results based on the full sample have a margin of sampling error of ±3 percentage points. Sampling error for results among subgroups is higher. In addition to sampling error, question wording and order can influence results. Weights are generally applied to age, race, education, and area variables to ensure the demographics are representative of the registered voter population. Sources for developing weight targets include the most recent American Community Survey, Fox News Voter Analysis, and voter file data.
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Israel reafirmó mantendrá sus operaciones y la denominada “zona de seguridad” en el sur de Líbano pese a las exigencias de Irán
El primer ministro de Israel, Benjamin Netanyahu, el ministro de Defensa, Israel Katz, y el jefe del Estado Mayor, Eyal Zamir, reafirmaron este lunes que las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) mantendrán sus operaciones y la denominada “zona de seguridad” en el sur de Líbano, pese a las exigencias de Irán para que cesen estas acciones en el marco de sus conversaciones con Estados Unidos.
“Las Fuerzas de Defensa de Israel (FDI) continuarán actuando con determinación para neutralizar las amenazas contra nuestros soldados y ciudadanos, desmantelar la infraestructura terrorista y mantener la zona de seguridad en el sur de Líbano”, señalaron Netanyahu, Katz y Zamir en una declaración conjunta difundida por la oficina del primer ministro.
El pronunciamiento llegó tras una reunión en la que también participó el comandante del Mando Norte, Rafi Milo. Según el comunicado, los responsables israelíes “han aclarado que la seguridad de los ciudadanos israelíes y de las fuerzas de las FDI seguirá siendo su principio rector, sin concesiones”.
Las autoridades israelíes reiteraron así su negativa a abandonar la franja que sus tropas ocupan en territorio libanés, una posición que justifican por motivos de seguridad para las comunidades del norte de Israel.
Las FDI continúan sus operaciones en esa zona con ataques dirigidos contra el grupo terrorisra Hezbollah. Según las autoridades libanesas, los enfrentamientos entre Israel y Hezbolá desde el 2 de marzo dejan más de 4.000 muertos y 12.000 heridos.
La continuidad de estas operaciones constituye uno de los principales puntos de fricción en las negociaciones entre Irán y Estados Unidos sobre un acuerdo para la paz en Medio Oriente. Teherán reclama el cese total de las acciones militares israelíes en el sur de Líbano.
Sin embargo, funcionarios israelíes insistieron en los últimos días en que no contemplan abandonar el territorio ocupado. El ministro de Exteriores, Gideon Saar, sostuvo el lunes que el Gobierno israelí no tiene “ambiciones territoriales” en Líbano, un día después de que Netanyahu comparara esa zona con otros territorios bajo control militar israelí en la Franja de Gaza y en Siria.
En un discurso televisado, el líder de Hezbollah, Naim Qassem, sostuvo que la permanencia de soldados israelíes en territorio libanés es inaceptable. “La permanencia de tropas israelíes en suelo libanés es imposible”, afirmó.
Qassem cuestionó además el concepto de una “zona de seguridad” controlada por Israel y defendió el papel de las Fuerzas Armadas libanesas como responsables exclusivas de la soberanía nacional. «No existen zonas de seguridad para Israel”, señaló.
El líder de Hezbollah también responsabilizó a Estados Unidos por la situación actual y aseguró que Israel deberá retirarse. “Israel es un agresor y debe marcharse”, dijo. Más adelante agregó: “Israel no permanecerá en el Líbano, incluso si aumenta sus crímenes, y nosotros nos defenderemos”.
Aunque los enfrentamientos en territorio libanés se han reducido desde el fin de semana, las tensiones continúan. Qassem advirtió que su organización respetará cualquier alto el fuego acordado dentro del marco de un cese integral de las hostilidades, pero dejó abierta la posibilidad de responder ante cualquier incumplimiento. “Nos enfrentaremos a cualquier violación”, afirmó.
Las diferencias sobre el futuro del sur del Líbano, la influencia regional de Irán y las garantías de seguridad para Israel aparecen así como algunos de los principales desafíos que deberán resolverse durante las negociaciones en marcha. Mientras Washington y Teherán intentan avanzar hacia un acuerdo más amplio, las declaraciones cruzadas de Netanyahu y Hezbollah reflejan que varios de los temas más sensibles del conflicto siguen lejos de encontrar una solución definitiva.
(Con información de Europa Press)
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