The Pentagon Just Did What Every Smartphone Owner Should Have Done Years AgoThe US Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, and Special Operations Command have all disabled advertising trackers on their government-issued phones and computers, according to letters released on September 5 by Senator Ron Wyden.Gizmodo1mo agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityRon Wydenpentagon disables ad trackers
Ad Tracking Devices Are Reportedly Being Used To Target U.S. Forces In The Middle East. Troops Are Taking Measures.The Air Force told Senator Ron Wyden that it took such measures two months ago, while the U.S. Special Operations Command did so "recently."International Business Times1mo agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityRon Wydentroop targeting by ad trackers
U.S. military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reportsWASHINGTON – U.S. military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by U.S. Senator Ron Wyden and statements given to Reuters, a development that follows reports that commercially available location data had been used to target American forces in the Middle East.Spokane Spokesman-Review1mo agoWhole story →TechnologySecurityRon Wydenmilitary device security update
Whitesides introduces bill to investigate DOD insider tradingNews release Reps. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, Don Bacon, R-Nebraska, and Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, introduced the bipartisan No Insider Trading on National Security Act of 2026, legislation that investigates […]Santa Clarita Valley Signal1mo agoWhole story →SecurityEconomySeth MoultonGeorge WhitesidesDon Bacondod insider trading bill introduction
Whitesides, Obernolte introduce bipartisan PILOT ActNews release Reps. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, and Jay Obernolte, R-Big Bear Lake, have introduced the bipartisan PILOT (Providing Increased Local Opportunities for Test-pilots) Act to study expanding job opportunities for civilian pilots and engineers […]Santa Clarita Valley Signal2mo agoWhole story →SecurityEconomyJay ObernolteGeorge Whitesidespilot act introduction
Whitesides hosts send-off ceremony for service academy appointeesNews release Rep. George Whitesides, D-Agua Dulce, recently celebrated the students across California’s 27th Congressional District who received appointments to military service academies and preparatory schools. At the send-off ceremony held in Lancaster, the congressman spoke alongside Col. Thomas M. Tauer, 412th […]Santa Clarita Valley Signal4mo agoWhole story →SecurityGeorge Whitesidesservice academy appointees ceremony
