Big Brother or Security Risk ... Strava

[Psamathe]

I remember several years ago where there was a security issue over people finding a supposedly secret military base in Afghanistan through Strava - where all those squaddies were recording their training on Strava and people spotted big concentrations of training plots "in the middle of nowhere".

Now it seems Strava (or its users) are leaking high profile security information

The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people

A French newspaper has revealed the whereabouts of world leaders with the use of the hugely popular running app. So is it time to stop it tracking your location?
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An investigation by French newspaper Le Monde has used it to track the movements of Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and other world leaders.
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(from https://www.theguardian.com/lifeand...itness-app-locate-worlds-most-powerful-people)

Ian

 

[classic33]

Area 51, which doesn't exist, has a few strava segments on it's main runway.

 

[stephec]

If they're stupid enough to allow themselves to be tracked by Strava how did they ever manage to get to the positions that they are now in?

 

[Drago]

If they're stupid enough to allow themselves to be tracked by Strava how did they ever manage to get to the positions that they are now in?

The world is full of fools that got where they are for reasons other than merit.

 

[craigwend]

Area 51, which doesn't exist, has a few strava segments on it's main runway.

Some cat named Schrodinger simultaneously has all the KoMs and not at the same time...