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Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says (apnews.com)
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Le Monde reports that confidential movements of powerful leaders like Joe Biden, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris could be tracked through a fitness app used by their bodyguards.

Archived version: https://archive.ph/Xopbm

SpinScore: https://spinscore.io/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fbiden-trump-macron-bodyguards-security-strava-0a48afca09c7aa74d703e72833dcaf72

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[-] Cruxifux@feddit.nl 13 points 1 week ago

Oh, by their BODYGUARDS. I was like “no way any of those people use fucking Strava.”

[-] Septimaeus@infosec.pub 4 points 1 week ago

I’m sure we will eventually have political leaders who happen to compete on social athletics platforms, but yeah not this particular age group.

[-] Anticorp@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Their locations should be public anyways. Has everyone forgotten that these are public servants?

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