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Came to post exactly this. It's like the Stavos (?) thing from few years back where everyone saw the secret running track on secret bases. Only this is not an
by lifeisstillgood 4y ago
Came to post exactly this. It's like the Stavos (?) thing from few years back where everyone saw the secret running track on secret bases. Only this is not an amusing running track, but dying.
It does emphasise something I have been saying for a while - privacy is the politeness of your neighbours, and secrecy is dead.
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- nindalf 4y agoStrava. Fitness app Strava lights up staff at military bases - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42853072.amp https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-42853072.amp (Jan 2018).
- kzrdude 4y ago"secret running track" feels like a joke, but the point it illustrates is clear - the massive uncontrolled dispersion of location data.
- MikeDelta 4y agoThere was also a case of soldiers using flash-card apps to learn about the nuclear bases they were stationed at, revealing various facts. https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/28/us-soldiers-expose-nuclear-weapons-secrets-via-flashcard-apps/ https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/05/28/us-soldiers-expos...
- codedokode 4y agoThis shows that people generally don't understand client-server architecture and think that the app stores data on their phone and not somewhere in cloud.
- stavros 4y agoWhat did I do now?
- codedokode 4y agoBy the way, I remember a similar case in Russia. A telco company published a heat map created from GSM location data that reflected where in the city yound people spend their time. One of the "hot" spots on the map was in a remote forest area with nobody living around. Most probably it was a military object.