Comment by quickthrowman

2 days ago

Could probably get a lot of actionable military information about troop locations by running targeted ads for subprime auto loans and divorce lawyers and collecting location information, discarding any US locations.

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ericmay  2 days ago

Probably not anything more than you could find via publicly accessible information and then the movements you do care about (deploying to go fight in a war) you'd get via your satellites and so forth.

It's unfortunate that predatory businesses exist (payday loans and furniture rental anyone - you could run ads for those in certain communities :o ) but it's a tough and demanding lifestyle that's a bit unstable since our military actually does things and there are a lot of predatory auto companies and banks out there praying on regular people (most of them from poorer, working class, and/or minority communities) who aren't as well educated as the rest of us on things like interest rates and loans and all of those things.

voakbasda  2 days ago

You say that like it’s not already happening.

  • quickthrowman  2 days ago

    I have no doubt it’s already being used if it was the first thought that popped into my head.

    It’s less obvious than looking at Strava maps, but still low hanging fruit.