# Fitness app was used to locate the world’s most powerful people

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/fitness-app-was-used-to-locate-the-world-s-most-powerful-people/21946
**Category:** General
**Created:** 2024-10-30T11:28:13Z
**Posts:** 4

## Post 1 by @jerm — 2024-10-30T11:28:13Z

> **[The Strava problem: how the fitness app was used to locate the world’s most...](https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2024/oct/29/strava-problem-fitness-app-locate-worlds-most-powerful-people)**
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> A French newspaper has revealed the whereabouts of world leaders with the use of the hugely popular running app. So is it time to stop it tracking your location?

> [An investigation by French newspaper Le Monde](https://www.lemonde.fr/en/united-states/article/2024/10/28/biden-and-trump-put-in-danger-by-secret-service-agents-watch-the-second-episode-of-stravaleaks_6730825_133.html) has used it to track the movements of Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Kamala Harris and other world leaders.

> Le Monde discovered that some US Secret Service agents use the app..

> The paper also identified 12 members of French security group GSPR, and six members of the Russian FSO.

> In 2018, a student found it had [mapped US bases in Syria and Afghanistan](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jan/28/fitness-tracking-app-gives-away-location-of-secret-us-army-bases)as well as the Royal Navy’s Faslane base. Another security flaw in 2022 revealed the identities and movements of [security personnel at military bases in Israel](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-61879383). Then things got really serious last July …

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## Post 2 by @jerm — 2024-10-30T11:59:56Z

Use open source private alternatives that runs locally.

> **[FitoTrack](https://codeberg.org/jannis/FitoTrack)**
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> FitoTrack - A privacy oriented fitness tracker for Android

> **[OpenTracksApp](https://opentracksapp.com/)**
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> OpenTracks is a sport tracking application that completely respects your privacy.

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## Post 3 by @bigdzi — 2024-10-30T12:30:47Z

@jerm OpenTracks? Never heard of them. Any good?

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## Post 4 by @anon48875053 — 2024-10-30T12:53:03Z

Just try it.