An interactive map of exercise location data from users of the popular Strava tracking app has inadvertently raised security concerns about personnel at U.S. military bases in sensitive areas around the world. The online map shows the accumulated tracks created by running and biking activities of people who use GPS-enabled fitness devices such as Fitbit watches.
The Global Heat Map, published by the GPS tracking company Strava, uses satellite information to map the locations and movements of subscribers to the company’s workout tracking service over a two-year period, illuminating areas of activity, The Washington Post reported Sunday.
The map does not show live activity, but shows a pattern of accumulated activity between 2015 and September 2017. The map shows a great deal of activity in the U.S. and Europe – most of which is non-controversial. But in war zones and deserts in countries such as Iraq and Syria, the heat map becomes almost entirely dark — except for scattered evidence of activity.
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