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An investigation by French newspaper Le Monde found that the highly confidential movements of U.S. President Joe Biden, presidential rivals Donald Trump and Kamala Harris, and other world leaders can be easily tracked online through a fitness app that their bodyguards use.

But the U.S. Secret Service told the newspaper that it doesn't believe the protection it provides was in any way compromised.

Le Monde found that some U.S. Secret Service agents use the Strava fitness app, including in recent weeks after two assassination attempts on Trump, in a video investigation released in French and in English. Strava is a fitness tracking app primarily used by runners and cyclists to record their activities and share their workouts with a community.

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[–] TheWeirdestCunt@lemm.ee 33 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought they'd already banned the military from using this, you'd think secret service would be included in that ban too

Yeah it was banned after people used it to find secret US military bases in the middle east lol.

[–] IndustryStandard@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

The system does not attract the brightest individuals.

[–] ironsoap@lemmy.one 18 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I read the headline and was thinking, 'no way Trump works out with Strava.' As usual he has people who do that for him.

[–] samus12345@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago

Same. This is the first time I've been shocked by a headline mentioning Trump in a long time. "Hold up, he uses a fitness app???" But it's his bodyguards. Oh, okay.

[–] xc2215x@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)
[–] Kalkaline@leminal.space 6 points 1 month ago

No, it's not Strava's fault, it's whoever is running IT security for that team allowing personal devices while on duty or allowing Strava to be loaded on to a government device.

[–] foggy@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

"Not in scope, sorry. We won't be paying out for this disclosure."