Fitness App May Be Leaking sensitive information related to national security

Sensitive information about the locations of known and unknown American military bases and overseas operations centers, as well as the regular activities of U.S. military personnel, appears to have been exposed by a fitness tracking app. The interactive Global Heat Map, published by Strava last November, highlights the fitness activities of its 27 million global users, including mobile app users and people with fitness devices. This weekend, analysts discovered that the map is detailed enough to reveal regular movement at military installations, according to multiple reports.

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