Back in 2015, the People’s Liberation Army Daily issued a stern warning to members of the Chinese military about the security risks posed by smart watches, fitness bands, and smart glasses, according to Quartz. The United States is clearly far from alone in dealing with such security challenges. Online services and personal devices makes it increasingly difficult to keep secrets. These digital footprints that echo the real-life steps of individuals underscore a greater challenge to governments and ordinary citizens alike: each person’s connection to Certain analysts have suggested the data could reveal individual Strava users by name.īut the biggest danger may come from potential adversaries figuring out “patterns of life,” by tracking and even identifying military or intelligence agency personnel as they go about their duties or head home after deployment. Some Strava users appear to work for certain militaries or various intelligence agencies, given that knowledgeable security experts quickly connected the dots between user activity and the known bases or locations of US military or intelligence operations.
This past November, the San Francisco-based Strava announced a huge update to its global heat map of user activity that displays 1 billion activities-including running and cycling routes-undertaken by exercise enthusiasts wearing Fitbits or other wearable fitness trackers. The more specific you are, the more we can help.A modern equivalent of the World War II era warning that “loose lips sink ships” may be “FFS don’t share your Fitbit data on duty.” Over the weekend, researchers and journalists raised the alarm about how anyone can identify secretive military bases and patrol routes based on public data shared by a “social network for athletes” called Strava. Please follow the basic format found here when making game suggestion requests. Submissions must use the original source. Rule #9: Use the original source, no editorialized titles, no duplicates
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