GPS Fitness tracking app Strava gives away location of secret US army bases Data about exercise routes shared online by soldiers can be used to pinpoint overseas facilities A military base in Helmand Province, Afghanistan with route taken by joggers highlighted by Strava. Photograph: Strava HeatmapSensitive information about the location and staffing of military bases and spy outposts around the world has been revealed by a fitness tracking company. In Helmand province, Afghanistan, for instance, the locations of forward operating bases can be clearly seen, glowing white against the black map. Photograph: Strava heatmapZooming in on one of the larger bases clearly reveals its internal layout, as mapped out by the tracked jogging routes of numerous soldiers. Photograph: Strava heatmapWhen Strava released the heatmap, an updated version of one it had previously published in 2015, it announced that “this update includes six times more data than before – in total 1 billion activities from all Strava data through September 2017.

Source: The Guardian January 28, 2018 17:47 UTC