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Old 04-02-2021, 08:59 PM
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The danger of being located by the radio signals from your phone aside, I believe social media and the increasing habit of soldiers posting selfies and other images is perhaps a greater threat.
One photo alone may not be too much of a problem, but a photo every few days will allow an analyst to glean quite a bit of useful information. Multiply that by several dozen soldiers from the same unit and you very quickly get a detailed picture, even if each individual is taking care in their posts not to show anything sensitive - all put together....

For this (and other reasons) I'm a supporter of the idea soldiers should not have personal, "private" electronic communications systems - communication with family and friends should certainly be encouraged, but no pictures sent electronically, and video comms only from a dedicated location which has been screened off to prevent ANY information being unintentionally transmitted.

Basically take 1940's era mail censorship into the electronic age.
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