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MoD warns soldiers of ‘clear risk’ from tracking workouts on Strava fitness app

April 5, 2018 by robert Leave a Comment

Soldiers have been warned of the “clear risk”  fitness trackers and location sharing apps present to military security after the fitness app Strava leaked the locations of secret military bases. Strava, an app that lets users record and compare runs and cycles, released a “heat map” of user data, showing routes where users had run while using the app around the world. But the release of data exposed the movements of users that had been thought private, including the heat maps of secret US military bases in Afghanistan and Iraq. The public data from Strava also allowed observers to pinpoint places where individuals had been while using the fitness app, as users were able to post public times and… Register or log in to view this and other Technology Intelligence articles. It’s free and easy to do. Access brilliant stories, features and analysis Sign up to our exclusive Technology Intelligence daily newsletter Become part of our ambitious new Tech networking community Register Log in




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