What! There's no way Trump uses Strava.

reads article

Oh, the bodyguards... that makes sense and is kinda smart to investigate.

The military had a similar problem with fitness apps for a while.

https://www.wired.com/story/strava-heat-map-military-bases-fitness-trackers-privacy/

I find this to be a breakdown of training, because the training was pretty clear years ago when I had clearance with the navy that we were never to use apps like this that could disclose location, not just while on-duty or on base, but at any time that our location could be given away. We were specifically not allowed to have Fitbits or other smart watches (Fitbit was the big one at the time) that could share location and any apps that wanted to know our location (yes, on our personal phones) needed to be cleared by IT because we were people that had been granted clearance and therefore could not give away critical location information.

The big scandal that got a lot of people into trouble was Pokemon Go, because not only did it use location, but I guess it used camera too? I didn't know, I didn't play it, but using cameras on base was a HUGE no-no, so using an app that shared location AND picture during your lunch break broke the brains of the COs.

It seems so weird to me that this is something that is so widespread right now. I didn't work for the navy anymore and haven't in a while, but I still follow the basic safety protocols about not sharing sensitive information.

Politicians when they realize the commercialized espionage they’ve allowed also applies to them:

Secret service lets them use normie phones loaded with normie apps?

I still don't get why Strava activities are public by default and why they do not make their users aware of it. I remember having to rummage through the settings to make activities private by default.

I am less surprised that the information is out there than I am that the bodyguards of such people are allowed to either bring along their personal devices or install random crap from the public app stores on their work devices.

Crazy. What's next? Can they track us with our phones too? 🤯

Trump's tracking: Golf, golf, McDs, court, golf, golf, court, Mcds, McDs, McDs, golf...

You'd think the secret service were better at opsec than random soldiers getting their helicopters blown up.

You won't need Strava to know Joe's at the ice cream parlour. Pffffff.

What is this "fitness" they speak of? It seems to be from overseas. Could someone explain this to an American like me?