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Mike Yeagley discusses the OPSEC risks posed by mobile devices and data brokers for national security personnel.

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/TheTeamHouse Subscribe to our newsletter!!!! https://teamhousepodcast.kit.com/join grab Jack's new book here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/803651/the-most-dangerous-man-by-jack-murphy/ "Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio 00:00 — Start / Mike Yeagley joins Eyes On Geopolitics 00:25 — Mobile devices, ad tech, and the OPSEC risk to operators 03:14 — Commercial location data and how adversaries can target U.S. personnel 04:57 — Why privacy settings don’t actually protect your data 07:12 — Ad IDs, GPS toggles, and how apps still resolve your location 10:33 — Could Iran use commercial data to target U.S. troops? 14:19 — How adversaries buy data through brokers and proxies 19:25 — Why regulating the data economy is…

People in this episode

Host: dee takos

Guest: Mike Yeagley

Topics covered

• OPSEC risks
• mobile devices
• data privacy
• national security
• geopolitics
• data brokers
• surveillance

Keywords

• OPSEC
• mobile devices
• ad tech
• location data
• data brokers
• privacy settings
• surveillance
• national security

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Patreon, Penguin Random House

Places: Iran, U.S., Russia

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