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Comment by r_lee

4 hours ago

apps, not the actual devices by the supplier

I think that still matches "an adversary may sabotage, maliciously introduce unwanted function".

https://taskandpurpose.com/news/military-cybersecurity-ad-tr...

> The U.S. military has disabled advertising tracking tools in government-issued phones, computers and other devices, officials recently told Congress.

> The different military branches confirmed they had done so, some only this summer, following reporting that commercially available data taken from these devices and sold freely by data brokers, was being used by Iran and other adversaries to track and in some cases target American bases and personnel.