Sahwa@reddthat.com to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days agoFrench Officer's Jogging App Strava Logs Inadvertently Expose France's Aircraft Carrier 'Charles de Gaulle' Locationwww.ibtimes.co.ukexternal-linkmessage-square7linkfedilinkarrow-up193
arrow-up193external-linkFrench Officer's Jogging App Strava Logs Inadvertently Expose France's Aircraft Carrier 'Charles de Gaulle' Locationwww.ibtimes.co.ukSahwa@reddthat.com to Europe@feddit.orgEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square7linkfedilink
minus-squareazimir@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·4 days agoThis isn’t the first time something like this happened with Strava and its ilk. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases InfoSec is very difficult with unsecured devices collecting local data and sending it to publicly accessible locations.
minus-squarespitard@jlai.lulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 days agoI’ve been thinking the exact same thing—military personnel on active duty should flat-out be banned from using smartphones.
This isn’t the first time something like this happened with Strava and its ilk.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases
InfoSec is very difficult with unsecured devices collecting local data and sending it to publicly accessible locations.
I’ve been thinking the exact same thing—military personnel on active duty should flat-out be banned from using smartphones.