Your Phone Is Targeting You | EYES ON GEOPOLITICS

Mike Yeagley joins me to break down how mobile devices, ad tech, commercial location data, and data brokers create major OPSEC risks for service members, case officers, and anyone working in national security. He explains how adversaries can buy or exploit pattern-of-life data, why privacy settings often don’t go far enough, and what the future of tradecraft looks like in an age of ubiquitous technical surveillance.<br />Support the show on Patreon:⬇️<br />https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouse<br />Subscribe to our newsletter!!!!<br />https://teamhousepodcast.kit.com/join<br />grab Jack's new book here:<br />https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/<br />"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio<br />00:00 — Start / Mike Yeagley joins Eyes On Geopolitics<br />00:25 — Mobile devices, ad tech, and the OPSEC risk to operators<br />03:14 — Commercial location data and how adversaries can target U.S. personnel<br />04:57 — Why privacy settings don’t actually protect your data<br />07:12 — Ad IDs, GPS toggles, and how apps still resolve your location<br />10:33 — Could Iran use commercial data to target U.S. troops?<br />14:19 — How adversaries buy data through brokers and proxies<br />19:25 — Why regulating the data economy is so difficult<br />22:10 — How commercial data erodes tradecraft and operational ambiguity<br />29:24 — What case officers and operators can do to reduce digital exposure<br />36:17 — Ubiquitous technical surveillance and the future of human intelligence<br />41:45 — Russia and Iran using gaming platforms, crypto, and gig-style tasking<br />47:24 — Near-real-time data buys, pattern-of-life tracking, and final thoughts<br /><br /><br />Become a supporter of this podcast: <a href="https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss">https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support</a>.