The United States military has known for years that enemies could use location data to track troops’ phones —and it’s also long been aware of easy fixes for the problem. The Pentagon adopted almost none of these protections, though, in spite of admitting in a letter exposed this week that US adversaries are actually using the data to target soldiers in war. Meanwhile, US law enforcement warned this week about “anti-tech extremism ” as AI backlash grows around the country.

After a nearly 90-day internet shutdown, connectivity started to trickle back into Iran this week amid internal political power struggles and ongoing negotiations with the US to end its war with Tehran.…