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Pentagon reviewing security after fitness app shows locations

By Phil Stewart on Jan 30, 2018 11:18AM
Pentagon reviewing security after fitness app shows locations

Strava shows personnel movements.

US Defense secretary Jim Mattis has ordered a review of security protocols after fitness tracking devices broadcast patterns of movement at military facilities around the world, including in war zones. Nathan Russer, a student at the Australian National University in Canberra, drew attention to ...

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By Phil Stewart
Jan 30 2018
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