Strava app may reveal data for people with bad intentions
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Loading... - Clarissa Gataki
- 01 Nov 2022
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If you often go rambling, walking, jogging, running or cycling, you may also use Strava to share your data with friends and earn " kudos" as they give you thumbs up. Or you may use it to keep track of your data, or to engage in competition with others. Last May, Strava boasted over 100 million users in 195 countries.
Strava now hides the first 200 metres of your course automatically as people often start from home. You have the option to extend this perimeter to 400 metres or more. "But this gives a false feeling of security", researcher Karel Dhondt (KU Leuven) told VRT NWS. "We analysed 1.4 million activities on Strava and were able to discover the hidden starting point in 85 percent of the cases.
We are talking about public profiles, but most sports enthusiasts like to share their data, to get support or for the competition."
This means that people with bad intentions can also track your home address. Read More...
