AP: France takes ‘appropriate measures’ after sailor’s jogging app exposes aircraft carrier’s location

https://apnews.com/article/france-aircraft-carrier-sailor-sports-app-location-acbd3595a2317c2b8068dc42082c3d51

#strava #IranWar #oopsie

Sailor's jog app inadvertently leaks French aircraft carrier's location

France says it’s taking “appropriate measures” after a naval officer’s use of the Strava sports app inadvertently enabled journalists to geolocate the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean. Le Monde newspaper said Thursday it traced a naval officer’s March 13 run and then matched the Strava data to a same-day satellite image. The newspaper said the jogger was likely on the carrier or a nearby escort ship. A French military spokesman said Friday that sailors get regular warnings about connected devices and geolocation.

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@ai6yr throwing him overboard?
@bedirthan LOL I suppose that would be the way they'd do it back in the day... WALK THE PLANK!

@bedirthan @ai6yr

At the very least they should throw the sailors phone overboard.

@bedirthan @ai6yr

"walking the plank" seems more theme appropriate :)

@paul_ipv6 @bedirthan @ai6yr “running the plank” means that the plank is as long as the ship (leave your phone in this lead box before running the plank, sailor)
@ai6yr Note: "Appropriate measures" included the sounds "yoink" and "splash".

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not seeing a lot of comments on the privacy leak of strava in general...

the general public is getting used to having all sorts of PII leaks to "compete" with other folks, get high scores, etc. all sorts of folks we should be worried about getting this: law enforcement, government, insurance companies, stalkers.

CA and CO privacy laws are baby steps in kind of the right direction but the US needs so much more.

does make me wonder if strava is subject to GDPR for EU citizens? i guess they have some form where users give away any rights to their own data?

@paul_ipv6 We can figure out this guy's friends and coworkers, yes.
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I seem to remember the location of secret US bases being revealed by soldiers uploading their daily jobs to strava years ago.