World Shock #1: You've been located, everyone of you

This was stated in the exclusive text of the French Le Monde, which is reported by the British Times.Members of the US Secret Service, responsible for the security of the president and presidential candidates, as well as Emmanuel Macron&#39;s security officers and President Putin&#39;s bodyguards, openly share maps of their running and cycling activities with other users of the Strava app, linked to their smartwatches and phones, Le Monde reported.In the investigation, launched after concerns about the amount of geo-located data shared by users of Strava, the most popular sports app, the newspaper reported that it easily identified the locations of security personnel as they tracked their charges around the world. An investigative report by the French newspaper Le Monde revealed that a fitness app called Strava used by security personnel around national leaders including US President Biden, Russian President Putin and French President Macron may have leaked their confidential whereabouts. pic.twitter.com/h3zRnelnh8&mdash; Alberto Whitney (@albahitney) October 30, 2024 This included agents who worked at the sites of two assassination attempts on Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, and those protecting Putin, allegedly running near two mansions that the Russian president always denies are his.The data revealed hotels and hangouts that are often unknown to the public.The same method of data collection could be used to determine the locations of the former and current first ladies, Melania Trump and Jill Biden.Et &ccedil;a veut faire la guerre contre la Russie 🤦&zwj;♀️🤦&zwj;♀️!!!!Les footings de gardes du corps d&#39;Emmanuel Macron, publi&eacute;s sur l&#39;application Strava, ont pu trahir certains de ses d&eacute;placements, r&eacute;v&egrave;le &quot;Le Monde&quot; https://t.co/xdfAZPV0uT&mdash; Mosca Peggy (@moscapeggy1) October 30, 2024 Despite orders from their superiors not to reveal their locations on the app, which has 120 million users, military and police personnel are privately sports enthusiasts and &quot;don&#39;t think about protecting their activities, but make them public,&quot; writes Le Monde:&quot;Macron&#39;s bodyguards unwittingly share their locations on the Internet, privately and officially&quot;.&quot;By grouping anonymous data, Strava reveals the presence of military bases around the world, often showing their layout and the routes taken by military personnel in or around them,&quot; Le Monde wrote.The US Secret Service remained tight-lipped about the revelations of the French paper.Staff are prohibited from using personal devices on duty, but &quot;we do not prohibit the use of social media outside of working hours,&quot; they said. &quot;An investigation by Le Monde reveals that men charged with protecting Macron, several U.S. presidents, and Putin can be identified through their use of the sports-tracking app Strava.&quot; Putin&#39;s boys got to run laps around his mansions. https://t.co/5hh6cMArJB&mdash; Kevin Rothrock (@KevinRothrock) October 30, 2024 It also stated: &quot;Involved staff have been notified and we will review this information to determine if additional training or guidance is required.&quot;Macron&#39;s team said the problems highlighted by Le Monde were &quot;very minor and in no way affect the president&#39;s security&quot;.However, the newspaper followed Macron via the Strava of his security guards to a hotel in the Normandy resort of Honfleur on a private weekend trip that was not listed on the president&#39;s daily schedule.Strava said its users can easily opt out of sharing their data.&quot;We expect people working in sensitive professions to use available privacy options,&quot; the statement said.In July of last year, Telegram channels linked to the Russian authorities blamed his Strava uploads for the murder of a Russian Navy submarine captain in Krasnodar. Stanislav Rzhitsky, 42, was shot and killed while jogging in a Russian city.

World Shock #1: You've been located, everyone of you

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