The Strava Heat Map and the End of Secrets
The Strava Heat Map and the End of Secrets
Security, Spoken · SpokenLayer
January 31, 201811m 33s
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Show Notes
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.
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