Discussion

• @nrg8000 Nathan Ruser on x

  Strava released their global heatmap. 13 trillion GPS points from their users (turning off data sharing is an option). https://medium.com/... ... It looks very pretty, but not amazing for Op-Sec. US Bases are clearly identifiable and mappable pic.twitter.com/rBgGnOzasq

• @tobiaschneider Tobias Schneider on x

  In Syria, known Coalition (i.e. US) bases light up the night. Some light markers over known Russian positions, no notable colouring for Iranian bases.

• @lizsly Liz Sly on x

  Just now: Strava sends a statement in response to the discovery that its fitness trackers are showing up sensitive US military information. It politely urges users to check the Strava website to be sure they understand the privacy settings. https://blog.strava.com/...

• @arawnsley Adam Rawnsley on x

  Pretty faint but data from the Strava exercise app shows like China has deployed joggers to its disputed Woody Island in the South China Sea, in addition to fighter jets and HQ-9 SAMs pic.twitter.com/HG6zkb8tcw

• @musalbas Mustafa Al-Bassam on x

  If you think the privacy implications of the Fitbit heatmap data are scary, then imagine what Google knows about the billions of people on the planet who have Android phones with Google location services enabled 24/7. http://twitter.com/...

• @tomwhitwell Tom Whitwell on x

  Zooming into Camp Bastion in Afghanistan on Google Maps is weird pic.twitter.com/HvOiiVc470

• @justinjm1 Justin Miller on x

  NEW: Strava app shows Taiwan's only known missile base http://www.thedailybeast.com/ ... found by @ArmsControlWonk http://twitter.com/...

• @lostweapons Lost Weapons on x

  You can literally spend less than a minute on Stravas new data service and find sensitive sites. Nice patriot position you have there pic.twitter.com/eYS8TOuT0F

• @arawnsley Adam Rawnsley on x

  Some heavy jogging activity on the beach around what looks like the reported CIA annex at Mogadishu airport pic.twitter.com/1OLP8zWKGl

• @mdubowitz Mark Dubowitz on x

  Some things are better not as a story. Smarter to have alerted the US military instead of tweeting this info and putting the lives of our soldiers at risk. http://twitter.com/...

• @racheltobac Rachel Tobac on x

  If you do sensitive work, turn off location services. If you want privacy, turn off location services. Please. Turn off location services. ‍#opsec #socialengineering http://twitter.com/...

• @geoffreyfowler Geoffrey A. Fowler on x

  Remember this next time someone says “Privacy doesn't matter” or “I have nothing to hide”: U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive and dangerous information by jogging with Strava http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @nordbergj Jenny Nordberg on x

  This is great: Data from fitness tracking apps reveal locations of secret US bases overseas. Russians and Iranians don't exercise as much... or don't use apps http://www.theguardian.com/...

• @nedprice Ned Price on x

  The map was released months ago but capable adversaries have almost certainly harvested this data for years. Imagine how many similar data sources are out there we're ignorant of bc it's not posted online. http://www.theguardian.com/...

• @bznotes Bilal Zuberi on x

  Yikes. The new world we live in: Distributed sensors ==> insights https://twitter.com/...

• @r0unak Rounak Jain on x

  what are the odds of a regulation coming out governing the storage and release of GPS data? http://twitter.com/...

• @morisy Michael Morisy on x

  Terrifying thread on dangers of releasing even aggregated data. In this case, workout data potentially indicates daily habits of service members, CIA bases, & more. http://twitter.com/...

• @bengoldacre @bengoldacre on x

  Thread. This is hilariously leaky. But that's data for you. Tiny fragments, cooked together, create a whole that is qualitatively different to its ingredients. http://twitter.com/...

• @jm_beck John Beck on x

  Strava, a “Social Network for Athletes” that tracks users' movements just released a map tracing their regular routes. In Syria alone, the precise location of US, Turkish & Russian bases, airstrips & patrol routes etc are all easily visible. https://labs.strava.com/... https://t…

• @teacherdude Teacher Dude on x

  “Siri, where are the nearest US special forces units?” http://twitter.com/...

• @profcarroll David Carroll on x

  Only privacy nerds change the default settings and opt-out. Tech companies rely on this. But #GDPR forces them to redesign their defaults and totally rethink data collection and sharing. #DataPrivacyDay #DataProtectionDay https://twitter.com/...

• @rojospinks Rosie Spinks on x

  When I interviewed @Strava for this piece last year (http://qz.com/...) I knew more about their privacy policy than they did http://www.theguardian.com/...

• @paulmd199 Paul D on x

  So... um, you could probably trivially scrape Strava and thus identify individual runners and routes. What I'm saying is, you could identify just who made those tracks in Rutba. #yikes pic.twitter.com/uzlTO4HvJL

• @erinmcunningham Erin Cunningham on x

  U.S. troops wearing Fitbits all day long: The map of Afghanistan appears as a spider web of lines connecting bases, showing supply routes, as does northeast Syria, where the United States maintains a network of mostly unpublicized bases. http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ...

• @profcarroll David Carroll on x

  The perils of the opt-out data sharing default as vividly illustrated by @strava (and also shows how “anonymizing” data doesn't automatically make it safe to share either) http://www.theguardian.com/...

• @carnage4life Dare Obasanjo on x

  People never learn that even large anonymous data sets can cause privacy issues. The interesting question is whether we should feel better that these large data sets and inferences from them in hands of few big companies http://www.theguardian.com/...

• @matt_cagle Matt Cagle on x

  Here's how to opt out of @Strava's heat map feature: https://www.strava.com/... @Strava should clarify whether the opt-out is retroactive. P.S. You should also create “Privacy Zones” around where you live and work. https://twitter.com/...

• @hunterwalk @hunterwalk on x

  Loose Fits(bits) Sink Ships http://twitter.com/...

• @nakashimae Ellen Nakashima on x

  U.S. soldiers are revealing sensitive information —like locations of Special Operations and suspected CIA bases —by jogging while wearing devices like Fitbit http://www.washingtonpost.com/ ... @LizSly

• @libdenk Libby Denkmann on x

  The Pentagon has distributed thousands of Fitbits to battle obesity among troops. But the data from these devices is now giving away sensitive military sites around the globe. “Russian bases also show up, but Iranians either don't use fitness trackers or prudently turn them off.”…

• @w7voa Steve Herman on x

  US military is looking into the implications of the @Strava map. http://washingtonpost.com/...

• @menastream @menastream on x

  #Mali: An interesting find is this #Barkhane forward operating base in Abeïbara, #Kidal Region - @StravaEng h/t @Nrg8000 pic.twitter.com/HdTlJQKC48