Strava fitness app quietly added a new opt-out for controversial heat … – The Verge / / No Comments The Verge Strava fitness app quietly added a new opt-out for controversial heat …The VergeIn January, the popular fitness app Strava ran into controversy over a global activities heat map that revealed details of military bases. To make matters worse, the path to opt out of the feature was not simple and required several clicks within the …Strava simplified how to opt out of its heat map data collectionEngadgetall 3 news articles » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: added, controversial, fitness, Heat, optout, Quietly, Strava, Verge
Fitness apps are now one more reason to revisit your smartphone’s privacy settings – CBC.ca / / No Comments CBC.ca Fitness apps are now one more reason to revisit your smartphone's privacy settingsCBC.ca"If soldiers use the app like normal people do, by turning … on tracking when they go to do exercise, it could be especially dangerous," Ruser wrote in a tweet. "This particular track looks like it logs a regular jogging route. I shouldn't be able to …and more » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: apps, CBC.ca, fitness, More, privacy, reason, revisit, settings, smartphones
Fitness app map that revealed secret sites raises privacy concerns – mySanAntonio.com / / No Comments mySanAntonio.com Fitness app map that revealed secret sites raises privacy concernsmySanAntonio.comThose privacy features include a privacy zone feature, which will let users hide locations on their activity maps, such as homes or workplaces; and the choice to opt out of contributing data to Strava's heatmap. To access Strava privacy settings on the …Strava's fitness heatmaps are a 'potential catastrophe'EngadgetHow data breach can profile and track you downgulfnews.comFitness apps are now one more reason to revisit your smartphone's privacy settingsCBC.caall 9 news articles » map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: concerns, fitness, mySanAntonio.com, privacy, Raises, revealed, secret, sites
How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collection – Vox / / No Comments Vox How a fitness app revealed military secrets — and the new reality of data collectionVoxOver the weekend, news broke that a fitness-centered social media app called Strava had quietly, inadvertently divulged the locations of secret military bases around the world via its recently updated global “heat map.” Anyone wearing a fitness tracker …New map uses app data to show where Chicagoans like to run, ride bikesChicago Sun-TimesAll your base are belong to us: Strava exercise app maps military sites, reveals where spies jogThe RegisterFitness App Releases Data, Accidentally Reveals Top-Secret Military InformationBrinkwire (press release)all 10 news articles » map... more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: collection, data, fitness, military, reality, revealed, secrets
The fitness map of world: Interactive atlas reveals the routes millions of athletes run and cycle around the world – Daily Mail / / No Comments Daily Mail The fitness map of world: Interactive atlas reveals the routes millions of athletes run and cycle around the worldDaily MailThe data was taken from Strava, an app which uses GPS to track people's activities and can record key metrics about that activity. Users can zoom in to an area on the map and then choose what activity they want to focus in on – cycling, running, water … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: around, athletes, atlas, Cycle, Daily, fitness, Interactive, Mail, millions, reveals, Routes, World
Open-source mapping company Mapbox acquires passive fitness app-maker Human for its anonymized data – MobiHealthNews / / No Comments MobiHealthNews Open-source mapping company Mapbox acquires passive fitness app-maker Human for its anonymized dataMobiHealthNewsSan Francisco-based Mapbox, an open-source mapping platform, has acquired fitness-tracking app Human, which allows users to track activity all day and aggregates the data anonymously to create information about cities. Human is a passive app with a … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: acquires, anonymized, appmaker, Company, data, fitness, Human, MapBox, Mapping, MobiHealthNews, opensource, passive
Mapbox is acquiring passive fitness tracking app Human – TechCrunch / / No Comments TechCrunch Mapbox is acquiring passive fitness tracking app HumanTechCrunchHuman's team will join Mapbox and work on Mapbox's mobile SDK and real-time maps. I've covered Human quite a few times over the years. It's a well-designed fitness app that was ahead of the current trends in fitness tracking. Human turned the simple … map app – Google News… more → Posted in: Interactive Maps Tagged with: acquiring, fitness, Human, MapBox, passive, TechCrunch, Tracking