Strava: Revealing Secrets
January 28, 2018
I read “Fitness Tracker Heat Map Reveals Sensitive Information about US Soldiers around the World.” The main point is that Strava has aggregated data from a variety of sources. The data from Fitbit-type devices reveals details about certain facilities; for example, military bases. The write up stated:
Strava boasts 27 million users around the world, including people using Fitbit, Jawbone and Vitofit and the company’s mobile app. It posted the Global Heat Map online in November 2017, which shows a pattern of accumulated activity over the two-year period, shows activity in war zones and deserts in countries including Iraq and Syria.
Security risk or a way to identify popular paths and highways?
Stephen E Arnold, January 28, 2018
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