Strava - even more dangerous than I thought

[Blue Hills]

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-42853072

 

[Jason]

when it pinpoints area 51 , I will start using it :-)

 

[BSOh]

Blimey, you'd think the authorities would have this covered in security protocols?

 

[Blue Hills]

Blimey, you'd think the authorities would have this covered in security protocols?

yes. Barmy isn't it?

It's only one, er, step, away from folk in secure places littering social media with in-situ-selfies.

 

[I like Skol]

Ha ha, Just seen this when browsing the Beeb news site. Certainly makes you think. Not just bike thieves and stalkers that can use the data I guess.....

 

[LarryDuff]

I think that IS and the Taliban have a fair idea of where the US bases are.

 

[Drago]

I think its being over egged to give the media something to crow about. Google Earth would reveal more useful info. Knowing where squaddies go for a jog at Catterick or Bagram isn't terribly useful to a bad person.

What wouldn't be clever though is to go on patrol with it running!

 

[Milzy]

I think its being over egged to give the media something to crow about. Google Earth would reveal more useful info. Knowing where squaddies go for a jog at Catterick or Bagram isn't terribly useful to a bad person.

What wouldn't be clever though is to go on patrol with it running!

Correct. Finally somebody with rational thought.

 

[Drago]

Correct. Finally somebody with rational thought.

I can safely say that is the first time I've ever been accused of that!

 

[winjim]

We didn't have Strava when I was a kid. We had to make do with massive signs by the side of the road reading "Welcome to Aldershot. Home of the British Army."

 

[classic33]

when it pinpoints area 51 , I will start using it :-)

A bit of activity on the private roads in the area, and round the base.

 

[Blue Hills]

I think its being over egged to give the media something to crow about. Google Earth would reveal more useful info. Knowing where squaddies go for a jog at Catterick or Bagram isn't terribly useful to a bad person.

What wouldn't be clever though is to go on patrol with it running!

From my quick read of one of the sources of story I thought some were using it when on patrol within the camp.

And as for the jogging, that could be useful to some of the nut jobs around these days.

 

[Threevok]

I'd like to know what their secret is. I can't get STRAVA on my iPhone to actually track me, the last couple of days.

I arrive at the end of my journey, to find I have travelled in a dead straight line for 0 miles.

 

[Milzy]

I'd like to know what their secret is. I can't get STRAVA on my iPhone to actually track me, the last couple of days.

I arrive at the end of my journey, to find I have travelled in a dead straight line for 0 miles.

Time to buy a Tom tom watch or a wahoo bolt then. Having accuracy is crucial when you’re a Strava athlete.

 

[hoopdriver]

I'd like to know what their secret is. I can't get STRAVA on my iPhone to actually track me, the last couple of days.

I arrive at the end of my journey, to find I have travelled in a dead straight line for 0 miles.

Don't worry. The NSA is tracking you. They've got all your data....