<story><title>Strava heatmap can be used to locate military bases</title><url>https://twitter.com/tobiaschneider/status/957317886112124928</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>iser</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kevinkiklee&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;957629856518459392&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kevinkiklee&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;957629856518459392&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just created an overlay of Google Maps and Strava Heatmap of the forward operating base I was at in Afghanistan.  The heatmap clearly shows the layout of the base.&lt;p&gt;That base has been in operation for at least 6-8 years, and it is well-developed.  The up-to-date satellite imagery of the area is not available on Google Maps for a good reason, and Strava just released it.&lt;p&gt;I imagine that this heatmap has been thoroughly scraped already.&lt;p&gt;* I was deployed to Afghanistan from 2011-2012.&lt;p&gt;edit:  initially mis-typed &amp;#x27;2011-2102&amp;#x27; =D&lt;p&gt;edit2:  A well-established military base, even in a combat zone, has access to wifi and cellphone network.
We are constantly training physically, and we like to keep track of ourselves. We were early adopters of fitness trackers, and I used a couple of them myself also.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>notatoad</author><text>&amp;gt;Strava just released it.&lt;p&gt;Strava didn&amp;#x27;t release it.  It&amp;#x27;s not strava&amp;#x27;s job to stop you from uploading sensitive information.  Strava does not have a security clearance.  Military personell released it to strava.  Surely the military already has rules about not uploading GPS tracks of their bases to random websites?</text></comment>
<story><title>Strava heatmap can be used to locate military bases</title><url>https://twitter.com/tobiaschneider/status/957317886112124928</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>iser</author><text>&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kevinkiklee&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;957629856518459392&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;twitter.com&amp;#x2F;kevinkiklee&amp;#x2F;status&amp;#x2F;957629856518459392&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;I just created an overlay of Google Maps and Strava Heatmap of the forward operating base I was at in Afghanistan.  The heatmap clearly shows the layout of the base.&lt;p&gt;That base has been in operation for at least 6-8 years, and it is well-developed.  The up-to-date satellite imagery of the area is not available on Google Maps for a good reason, and Strava just released it.&lt;p&gt;I imagine that this heatmap has been thoroughly scraped already.&lt;p&gt;* I was deployed to Afghanistan from 2011-2012.&lt;p&gt;edit:  initially mis-typed &amp;#x27;2011-2102&amp;#x27; =D&lt;p&gt;edit2:  A well-established military base, even in a combat zone, has access to wifi and cellphone network.
We are constantly training physically, and we like to keep track of ourselves. We were early adopters of fitness trackers, and I used a couple of them myself also.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maxerickson</author><text>So what other internet services have deployed soldiers sent sensitive location data to?&lt;p&gt;Does each internet service need to proactively hire someone with clearance and coordinate hiding of sensitive information with the US military?</text></comment>