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Dot. to TechnologyEnglish • 8 hours ago

Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says.

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Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says.

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Dot. to TechnologyEnglish • 8 hours ago
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Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says
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Le Monde reports that confidential movements of powerful leaders like Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris could be tracked through a fitness app used by their bodyguards.
  • @reddig33
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    The military had a similar problem with fitness apps for a while.

    https://www.wired.com/story/strava-heat-map-military-bases-fitness-trackers-privacy/

    • This is fine🔥🐶☕🔥
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      Some science magazines guessed something big was going on when many of their subscribers changed the delivery address to New Mexico.

      They were working on the Manhattan Project.

    • @benignintervention
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      I used this exact thing as a teaching aid when I taught the ROTC opsec lesson. Also scared a couple kids pale when I told them Snapchat keeps a 6-month record of everything you send

      • granolabar
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        Also scared a couple kids pale when I told them Snapchat keeps a 6-month record of everything you send

        Dick pics never get wiped 🐸

        • @[email protected]
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          hotdog

          That app probably

      • Gormadt
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        Only 6 months? Honestly I’m surprised it’s so short of time frame.

        • @benignintervention
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          I guess to be more specific, you can request 6 months of your data

          • Gormadt
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            Ah that makes more sense

            They probably horde that data like a Dragon hordes gold

            • @[email protected]
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              The NSA has entire datacenters just to store your data.

              • @[email protected]
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                Never know what might come in handy.

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