Bodyguards using fitness app revealed locations of Swedish leaders


Kristersson speaks to the media as he arrives during the NATO summit of heads of state and government in The Hague on June 25, 2025. Kristersson is also an avid runner, and while he had avoided sharing his routes, his bodyguards’ data made it easy to track his preferred path. — AFP

LONDON: Trying to keep fit with runs through Central Park, a jog around a tropical island and a bicycle ride around Stockholm, bodyguards in Sweden inadvertently revealed the secret locations of the Swedish leaders they were assigned to protect.

An investigation by a Swedish newspaper revealed that bodyguards for Sweden’s royal family and Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson uploaded their workout routes to Strava, a fitness app that allows users to map and share their movements. The popular app has built a global social media community, but its users’ enthusiastic uploads have also raised questions about data privacy, especially among security and military personnel.

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