Watch OUT: How Fitness Trackers Can Help You to Discover Military Bases
A fitness tracking app allows its users to share their running routes and puts at risks the security bases around the world.
Read on Nexter.org the details.
Strava fitness heatmap
Strava, a fitness tracking platform for Fitbits, Jawbones and Garmin devices, has a major security flaw.
At the end of 2017, Strava posted a world heatmap of all the activity recorded through the fitness tracking service.
They collected a lot of data about user activity, routines, and locations, But it wasn’t just the boring info about your neighbors – it appears to be the locations of some military bases.
The Falkland Islands and RAF Mount Pleasant:
Source: CNN
Baidoa Airport in Somalia:
Source: CNN
Generally, the map shows highly populated areas, but you also can notice remote zones, which are darker.
Small lights in some zones appeared to be military bases and secret locations.
Strava released their global heatmap. 13 trillion GPS points from their users (turning off data sharing is an option). https://t.co/hA6jcxfBQI … It looks very pretty, but not amazing for Op-Sec. US Bases are clearly identifiable and mappable pic.twitter.com/rBgGnOzasq
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) January 27, 2018
North and South Korea:
Check out North and South Korea: pic.twitter.com/WcDNss7j2O
— sikander // 시서방 (@sikander) January 28, 2018
Turkish patrol N of Manbij:
Not just US bases. Here is a Turkish patrol N of Manbij pic.twitter.com/1aiJVHSMZp
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) January 27, 2018
FOBs in Afghanistan:
Here are some FOBs in Afghanistan. pic.twitter.com/JoB7hKHwyh
— Nathan Ruser (@Nrg8000) January 27, 2018
See also:
- Meltdown and Spectre: Key Facts and How To Protect Your Device Guide
- One More Thing: Apple Confirms All Mac and iOS Devices Are Victims of its Meltdown and Spectre
