The surveillance-economy kill chain
Sold as Ads, Used for Targeting
In April 2026 a US military command told Congress of threat reports that adversaries were exploiting commercial location data against personnel in theater. This brief asks how the ordinary advertising pipeline behind that data reaches the households of a protected population, and which of its inputs a principal can contest. Built from the command's written responses, a congressional letter, academic research on broker sales of military data and earlier tracking investigations. For family offices and security leads.
Topics
Counter-SurveillanceData BrokersThreat DoctrinePattern of LifeExecutive Protection