Fitness App Reveals The Locations Of Secret Military Bases

[Guest]

 

[Jack Ryan]

The US military is reviewing its security practices after a fitness app reveals sensitive info

[Guest Nicole]

[Jack Ryan]

We’ve all been there: you go out for a morning jog and accidentally reveal the location of a top-secret U.S. military base. Especially if you’ve been using the fitness tracking app Strava, which in a matter of days has gone from triathlete-favorite to national security pariah.

The backstory: In November, Strava published a global “heat map” showing the running and cycling routes of its impressively toned users. But things went south several days ago, when an Australian student discovered that in certain remote regions—like Afghanistan and Syria—one could figure out sites of sensitive military installations by examining the jogging patterns of soldiers. 

Sure, the whole situation seems absurd, but to national security officials, Strava’s map is no laughing matter. A military expert tweeted, Strava possesses data “most intelligence entities would literally kill to acquire.” And the app has even caught the attention of the White House, which considers the map a “security risk.”

We’ll keep all future exercise to ourselves.

- Morning Brew

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

Yeah ... been there...done that.

Whenever Ah goes a joggin' (hahahHAHahahaa) I look over my shoulder, and dodge and weave ... and every so often I take cover behind a power or telephone pole, and get off a few shots.

...better to be safe ... than sorry.

[TrueTomHarley]

21 minutes ago, James Thomas Rook Jr. said:

Yeah ... been there...done that.

I think I heard that the Russians gave Trump a Strava and are eagerly following all his jogging paths.

[James Thomas Rook Jr.]

4 hours ago, TrueTomHarley said:

I think I heard that the Russians gave Trump a Strava and are eagerly following all his jogging paths.

I think I heard that James "Mad Dog" Mattis ( "Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet") is aware of this.