A postcard spy
That is so disturbing and amazing at the same time. Does the US Navy screen their mail for trackers? Other countries. What about the sailors as they board? There was the story about the starlink router on a ship last year I think. So …
Recently a Navy carrier’s location was revealed by someone doing laps on their running app.
Because they didn’t learn from the last time this happened. In 2017.
Good ol’ Strava and SHODAN constantly revealing how dogshit the US’ Op-sec is.
Soldiers locations have been exposed om the battlefield by dating apps. Yeah, the army doesn’t screen shit.
That’s a classic one. I’m surprised it’s still happening.
How the fuck does this Bluetooth device transmit its location over miles through a fucking steel aircraft carrier and my headphones disconnect from my phone 3 feet away all the time?
Yeah, there’s a big piece of this puzzle missing.
If it was an Apple or Google tag it would make sense. They have systems for tracking those but I imagine they must have some kind of limits.
Anyway, this a $10 random tag from Amazon. Why would any phone report its location? I imagine it has to either be: officially recognized by Apple or Google; spoofing Apple or Google ids; or being picked up by some third-party app.
No article I’ve see has explained how it was tracked.
Both Apple and Google run these tracking networks where a nearby phone can relay the tags location back to the network,l.
But, why would they track some random $10 Amazon tag?
Because randos on amazon can be compatible with those networks. I’ve got a bunch of Pebblebee tags that are compatible with both.
So this vessel has some local wifi with internet access private phones can connect to?
Presumably they have internet on these ships, yes.
Airtag or adjacent thing, I guess?
