Data sold by apps reveal US military movements in Syria: Report By Mansoor| Published: 27th April 2021 10:33 pm IST US Forces in Syria (Source: AFP) San Francisco: US military movements in Syria were revealed by location info available for purchase from smartphone apps, which included enough information to identify the location of an undeclared US military base in the country. The sensitive location information was harvested from weather, games and dating apps on the phones of US soldiers and appears to include special ops personnel. 9To5Mac, citing The WSJ, said that the security breach came to light when a US contractor was working on software it hoped would enable the US to track the movements of Syrian refugees.