--- title: "US military disables ad trackers on devices amid reports of Middle East targeting" description: "Most outlets reported that the US military is turning off ad trackers on devices in response to reports of targeting in the Middle East. The Express Tribune added a detail about the restrictions ensuring that military locations are not included in bulk data sales by vendors, while Arab News Pakistan omitted this specific framing." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/6524-us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle site: HarZaviya language: en --- # US military disables ad trackers on devices amid reports of Middle East targeting world · latest filing 5 Sep 2026, 9:09 AM PKT · 4–5 Sep 2026 · 4 articles from 4 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 4 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets reported that the US military is turning off ad trackers on devices in response to reports of targeting in the Middle East. The Express Tribune added a detail about the restrictions ensuring that military locations are not included in bulk data sales by vendors, while Arab News Pakistan omitted this specific framing. ## Same story from 4 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **Aaj News (English)** — [US military disables advertising IDs amid concerns over troop tracking](https://english.aaj.tv/news/330470944/us-military-disables-advertising-ids-amid-concerns-over-troop-tracking) · 5 Sep 2026, 9:09 AM PKT > US military officials say they have disabled advertising trackers on a ​range of phones and computers, according to letters released on Friday by US 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. The air force told Wyden it disabled the advertising identi... - **Dunya News** — [US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports](https://dunyanews.tv/en/World/971415-us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle-east-targetin) · 5 Sep 2026, 6:40 AM PKT · 85% identical wording to the newest filing > The Air Force told Wyden it disabled the advertising identifiers on computers and mobile phones two months ago. US Special Operations Command said it had recently disabled on its Windows devices. - **Arab News Pakistan** — [US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports](https://www.arabnews.pk/middle-east/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports-3000323) · 4 Sep 2026, 8:25 PM PKT · 79% identical wording to the newest filing - **The Express Tribune** — [US military turns off ad trackers on devices amid Middle East targeting reports](https://tribune.com.pk/story/2627444/us-military-turns-off-ad-trackers-on-devices-amid-middle-east-targeting-reports) · 4 Sep 2026, 12:09 PM PKT · 82% identical wording to the newest filing > Restrictions will essentially ensure their location ​isn't being included in bulk data sales being done by vendors 4 articles from 4 outlets, 4–5 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.