Pentagon probes fitness-app use after map shows sensitive sites


  • TECH
  • Tuesday, 30 Jan 2018

An office worker looks at a computer monitor displaying a map available on the Fitness application STRAVA on January 29, 2018 in Washington DC. The US military is reviewing how troops use fitness trackers and other devices, the Pentagon said Monday after an exercise-logging company published a map revealing potentially sensitive information about US and allied forces in places including the Middle East. / AFP PHOTO / Eric BARADAT

WASHINGTON: The US military is reviewing how troops use fitness trackers and other devices, the Pentagon said Monday after an exercise-logging company published a map revealing potentially sensitive information about US and allied forces in places including the Middle East. 

The map, made by Strava Labs, shows the movements of its app users around the world, indicating the intensity of travel along a given path. 

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