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.Support the show on Patreon:⬇️https://www.patreon.com/TheTeamHouseSubscribe to our newsletter!!!!https://teamhousepodcast.kit.com/joingrab Jack's new book here:https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/"Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio00:00 — Start / Mike Yeagley joins Eyes On Geopolitics00:25 — Mobile devices, ad tech, and the OPSEC risk to operators03:14 — Commercial location data and how adversaries can target U.S. personnel04:57 — Why privacy settings don’t actually protect your data07:12 — Ad IDs, GPS toggles, and how apps still resolve your location10:33 — Could Iran use commercial data to target U.S. troops?14:19 — How adversaries buy data through brokers and proxies19:25 — Why regulating the data economy is so difficult22:10 — How commercial data erodes tradecraft and operational ambiguity29:24 — What case officers and operators can do to reduce digital exposure36:17 — Ubiquitous technical surveillance and the future of human intelligence41:45 — Russia and Iran using gaming platforms, crypto, and gig-style tasking47:24 — Near-real-time data buys, pattern-of-life tracking, and final thoughtsBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/the-team-house--5960890/support.