A French Sailor Went for a Jog. Journalists Found the Aircraft Carrier.

An incident recently occurred when a French sailor on the only nuclear-powered aircraft carrier jogged, tracked his path with Strava, and set his profile to public. Le Monde journalists overlaid this data with satellite imagery and showed that said nuclear-powered aircraft carrier was, indeed, chugging along in the Mediterranean near active operations near Iran. France was already meant to be aware of this, as Strava's global heat map also outed military bases in 2018 and, also in 2018, the Pentagon banned deployed personnel from using geolocation apps. 450 soldiers. Public profiles. Sensitive bases. Le Monde reported that there were 450 French soldiers over the last decade who were publicly tracking their workouts from sensitive areas. The French military responded, stating, "Appropriate measures will be taken by the command." This isn't about the French military's account getting a spammy follow request on Strava. We default to putting everyone's location data online. Strava technica