Spatial Data Has Become a Weapon of War in the US-Iran War

Spatial data has become a weapon of war in the US-Iran war

We are in the geospatial era of warfare in which information derived from satellites is as strategically critical as territorial control. The progressive dissolution of the distinction between the civil […] The post Spatial data has become a weapon of war in the US-Iran war appeared first on SpaceNews.

The Iran war is providing an unexpected boost to secondary city travel in Asia-Pacific

Trips to smaller "secondary cities" in Asia-Pacific are getting an added boost this summer, as the Iran war is spurring travelers to plan trips closer to home.

Trump’s Memphis crime taskforce accused of using ‘immense force’ in intimidation campaign

Exclusive: community observers claim agents have tailed cars, surveilled homes and even ‘falsely arrested’ someoneAn anti-crime taskforce ordered by Donald Trump onto the streets of Memphis has been accused of targeting community observers with widespread intimidation including “immense force”.Agents have been “retaliating against, intimidating, and harassing” observers attempting to monitor the federal taskforce’s activity, according to the Ame…

US Forces In War Zones Being Targeted Using Location Data: Report

The disclosure was the first official confirmation that US forces had been targeted in an active war zone, a letter sent on Thursday to the Pentagon said.

US forces deployed to war zones are reportedly being targeted using location data: Pentagon

US 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.

Enemies are using phone location data to hunt US servicemembers, Pentagon confirms

This marks the first official confirmation that U.S. forces have been targeted in an active conflict zone this way, according to Wyden and a bipartisan group of legislators who addressed the Pentagon