How JSOC Uses Instagram Ads to Track Terrorists | Mike Yeagley | Ep. 401

We sit down with ad tech and data analytics expert Mike Yeagley to discuss how commercial advertising data became a powerful intelligence tool used by the U.S. national security community. He explains how smartphones, apps, and location data can reveal patterns of life and how programs developed with special operations helped track terrorists and understand targets on the battlefield. We also discuss privacy, surveillance, and what this technology means for intelligence operations and everyday people.
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00:00Start
05:14Mike Yeagley’s Tech Background
11:16How Ad Tech Works
18:10JSOC Discovers Ad Tech Intelligence
24:50Fort Bragg to Syria Discovery
30:19Smartphones and OPSEC Risks
40:34Operating Under Surveillance
47:59Locomotive to VISR Program
57:07Tracking ISIS Targets with Data
1:00:35Policy and Bureaucratic Challenges
1:08:41Data-Driven Human Targeting
1:13:08Legal Issues Using Civilian Data
1:21:14Social Media and Disinformation
1:26:23Why “Going Dark” Doesn’t Work
1:34:54Training the Intel Community
1:40:12The Unplugged Privacy Phone
1:46:30Privacy and Future Tradecraft


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