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Le Monde reports that confidential movements of powerful leaders like Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris could be tracked through a fitness app used by their bodyguards.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Xopbm

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fbiden-trump-macron-bodyguards-security-strava-0a48afca09c7aa74d703e72833dcaf72

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[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago

Gotta make sure you record those 500 steps between the limo and McDonald’s when you’re on active duty.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Sounds like an operational and procedural issue from their bodyguards.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, if you are security personel for high ranking officials you should not have a personal phone on you or any other tracking device.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Trump? Uses a fitness app?

That makes me suspect the whole claim.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Oh. Yeah, that makes sense.

[–] [email protected] -1 points 2 weeks ago

Are they really using regular consumer electronics? I can literally do better than them.