Anonymous ID: a09bb7 Aug. 6, 2018, 3:58 p.m. No.2486188   🗄️.is 🔗kun

Pentagon restricts use of fitness trackers, other electronic devices that reveal locations

 

U.S. military troops and other defense personnel at sensitive bases or certain high-risk war zone areas won't be allowed to use features on fitness trackers or cellphone applications that can reveal their location, according to a new Pentagon order.

 

The memo stops short of banning the devices, which are often linked to cellphone apps or smart watches and can share users' GPS locations and exercise details to social media. But it says the "geolocation capabilities" can present a "significant risk" to military personnel, so those functions must be turned off in certain operational areas.

 

Under the new order, military leaders will be able to determine whether troops under their command can use the GPS function on their devices, based on the security threat in that area or on that base.

 

"The rapidly evolving market of devices, applications, and services with geolocation capabilities (e.g., fitness trackers, smartphones, tablets, smartwatches, and related software applications) presents significant risk to Department of Defense (DoD) personnel both on and off duty, and to our military operations globally," the order says.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/pentagon-restricts-use-of-fitness-trackers-other-devices-gps-locations-2018-08-06/