Reporting on TrendAI research describes an advertising company concentrating bids on Starlink users across many countries. Because real-time ad auctions can expose IP addresses, device details and location-related data, researchers raised the possibility of tracking. The company’s identity was linked through Reuters reporting rather than named in the research report, and bidding records alone do not establish actual surveillance or infection. Google and Comcast reportedly blocked access, but the findings should not be recast as proof that Starlink itself was compromised.