Needless to say, it isn’t only soldiers and clandestine operatives who have an interest in keeping their “patterns of life” discreet. ![]() The Pentagon eventually issued a memo curtailing the use of GPS-enabled fitness apps in sensitive locations. Meanwhile, a Wired article suggested that the app made it easier to track the so-called “patterns of life” of the intelligence community. A Guardian article noted that the platform was potentially divulging “extremely sensitive information” about troops stationed in Syria and Afghanistan. Although there was no evidence that the safety of military personnel had been compromised, the media coverage at the time was damning. ![]() Back in January 2018, the fitness app Strava got some unwanted publicity when its heatmap feature allegedly revealed the locations of covert military bases.
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