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YOUTUBE (Facts Matter with Roman Balmakov) - Apps For US Troops Are Coming Equipped with Chinese and Russian Code

Watch 'Final Hours': https://ept.ms/FinalHoursWatchFullFilm Summary: Are your apps leaking data? A recent study shows military app security risks with foreign code tracking U.S. service members. This breakdown examines the concerning findings regarding mobile applications specifically marketed to U.S. military personnel. A first-of-its-kind report indicates that one out of every eight apps targeting this demographic contains foreign code. Some of these software components originate from China and Russia, raising serious questions about the safety of personal information held by those serving in the armed forces. We review the implications of this foreign code and how it relates to recent reports of U.S. service members being targeted in…

NPR (Allison Aubrey) - Most parents track their 18-25-year-old kids on their smartphones. Is that healthy?

A new survey from the University of Michigan asks parents about their use of technology to track their adult children, ages 18-25, including using "always on" location tracking on their smartphones.

NEWSNATIONNOW (Safia Samee Ali) - Oregon tech warrant law for stalking, domestic violence takes effect

The law followed the 2023 killing of a Colorado mother stalked by her husband while he posed as an ex.

JUSTTHENEWS (Kevin Killough) - Supreme Court hears oral arguments to case involving police access to anonymous cellphone data

After seeing their suspect using a cellphone on a security camera, law enforcement served Google with the warrant, and the company provided anonymized location data in a 17.5-acre area over a two-hour period.

NPR (Nina Totenberg) - The Supreme Court case that could redefine your digital privacy

Police in Virginia used a technique called geofencing to tap into Google's databases to find out who was near the scene of a bank robbery. The Supreme Court will consider whether it is constitutional.

NYTIMES (Karoun Demirjian) - House Rejects Air Safety Bill After Pentagon Opposition

The bill would have required aircraft to carry advanced location-tracking technology that officials said might have prevented a midair collision near Washington last year.

NYTIMES (Gina Kolata) - Nancy Guthrie Kidnapping Shows Limits of Tracking Pacemakers in Police Work

The heart devices do not track location, nor do they transmit across large distances.