Mobile application reveals the secrets of US military bases

Applications to smartphones are becoming a source of information that can be used, as it now turns out, and in the "near-war" purposes. So, on the eve there was information about the "excessive information content" of the application Strava. This is an application that allows you to determine the distance traveled using satellite data.

Users have noticed that the use of this application is high in the locations of military operations, as well as in the area of ​​military bases in different parts of the world. The fact that we are talking about military facilities, the conclusion is made on the pages of the publication The Verge. The publication notes that in areas of high activity using the application Strava in the territory, for example, Syria or Afghanistan, there are no large settlements. At the same time, the program “draws” cyclic routes of movement for users of a mobile application.

From the material:

Military patrols probably move along such routes.

Users note that the maps published by Strava are easily accessible to identify the location of US military bases.

For example, in the next pair of images you can easily map routes and structures on Google Maps with how people move around the base of Fort Benning, GA.

Moreover, the US military bases can be identified on the territory of the Syrian Arab Republic - and in those areas where, as the press has repeatedly reported, the remnants of terrorist groups of the so-called Islamic State (banned in the Russian Federation) were evacuated.

Comments

[Alex-a832]

Let me guess ... Russian hackers!
And to carry out guard duty with an iPhone in your pocket is the height of democracy, or dementia ...

[CooL_SnipeR]

No, these are their stupid developers and users

[Anarchist]

And where are the users? If you are given the opportunity to know more, will you give it up?

[Shurik70]

Well, Russians also have such punctures.
Take at least the scandal when the sailors took a picture on our aircraft carrier and put it on the Internet, and the smartphone has an automatic function to attach to the photo coordinates obtained via GPS
But in our country, at least, they try to stop such cases. In particular, after the scandal, sailors were obliged to disable this feature on phones.
But the Americans will refuse the GPS-navigator, I doubt very much. Rather, they will bring claims to Strava and demand a fine.

[CooL_SnipeR]

Quote: Anarchist

And where are the users? If you are given the opportunity to know more, will you give it up?

Users - because brains weren’t enough to block the transfer of data

[Anarchist]

Quote: Alex-a832

Let me guess ... Russian hackers!

No, artificial intelligence - Skynet!

[vlad66]

Quote: Alex-a832

Let me guess ... Russian hackers!

They, they are relatives, who else can annoy the Yankees.

[Geisenberg]

Quote: Alex-a832

Let me guess ... Russian hackers!
And to carry out guard duty with an iPhone in your pocket is the height of democracy, or dementia ...

IPhone and dumbness are usually sold together.

[helmi8]

Quote: Geisenberg

IPhone and dumbness are usually sold together.

And if the owner is also a transgender blonde - this is an explosive mixture!

[siberalt]

It would be necessary to tell our military about this thing. Suddenly come in handy.
There are all these maps on the Internet.

[rotmistr60]

Military patrols probably move along such routes.

Or routing agents.

in areas where previously, as repeatedly reported in the press, the remains of terrorist groups were evacuated

Maybe finally something arrives as intended? Although with the technical capabilities of aviation and space reconnaissance and applications are not needed.

[Glory1974]

If there is such an effect from open source programs, you can only guess what spyware can do.
No wonder the State Duma probably wanted to abandon computers and switch to typewriters.

[Orionvit]

Quote: glory1974

No wonder the State Duma probably wanted to abandon computers and switch to typewriters.

I heard that Russian soldiers were banned from using smartphones at one time. And it’s clear why.

[Glory1974]

Russian soldiers were banned from using smartphones at one time.

Not only smartphones, but also any cell phones. In different parts they decide in their own way. We were seized and given out on weekends, or if necessary, call.

[Antianglosax]

And no one smells like a geek if their nests are known? Defect!
Joke! Our authorities in their own way, that is, in America, do not hit.

[Terenin]

Mobile application reveals the secrets of US military bases I wonder for whom it was a secret - the location of American bases. Or tourists constantly stumble upon them and they are tired of opening the gates of the base in order to explain that the tourist route goes beyond the neighboring hill.

[Orionvit]

Quote: Terenin

I wonder who it was a secret for - the location of American bases

They didn’t read there.

For example, in the next pair of images you can easily map routes and structures on Google Maps with how people move around the base of Fort Benning, GA.

Routes of patrols, travel time (travel) and other "trifle" from which a harmonious picture is built and as intelligence, is very valuable.

[zyzx]

They still have secret ones. Here in Syria officially 2, and unofficially about 50.

[x.andvlad]

Everything ingenious is simple. Here is another way to confirm intelligence. I hope that the coordinates of these objects are clogged in the flight missions of our cruise and other missiles. Apparently, the mattresses are not fully aware of how much everything is on display.

[knyazru]

I hope our military, who serve on Mobile missile systems with nuclear bombs, do not travel with smartphones ... otherwise even satellites are not needed to find out the routes.

[Geisenberg]

Quote: knyazru

I hope our military, who serve on Mobile missile systems with nuclear bombs, do not travel with smartphones ... otherwise even satellites are not needed to find out the routes.

So we seem to even have receivers forbidden to have military personnel ...

[Strips]

Users note that US bases are most visible on the map. In addition, activity is allegedly noted Russian and the Turkish military in Syria.

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[Petrix]

There are enough jokes and punctures. I watched somehow the program about Khmeimim. Interview pilots. Everything is as it should be a helmet with glasses down. And at the bottom in capital letters is the last name, first name and position. Beauty.

[sharp-lad]

I don’t remember exactly where, but it seems that in the States there was a terrific case of inattention. Several small employees worked out a plan to rob a nearby bank branch, they did everything as if by notes during a break in work and were very surprised when, half an hour after the robbery, police officers came for each of the robbers almost simultaneously! The casket just opened! The guys burst without removing the cards indicating the name, surname, position and place of work!

[A. Privalov]

To understanding the topic:
Strava's mobile application is a GPS navigator that tracks the route of a runner or cyclist, integrates it into the system and allows you to evaluate your own workouts. Information on each route is stored on the server. Let me give you a little excerpt from the article by analyst at the Joint Institute for Conflict Analysis Neyten Ruzer.

The alarm was sounded after it became known that the map launched in November of 2017 and quickly swept the entire world is compiled using data from three billion fitness bracelets, smartphones and other gadgets. In particular, we are talking about these devices used by the military.
An analyst at the Joint Conflict Analysis Institute, Neuten Ruser, wrote on his blog that the position and structure of American bases are clearly and clearly visible on the Strava map, the BBC said.
"If the soldiers use the fitness application in the same way as ordinary people, that is, turn it on and go running, it is especially dangerous," writes Ruzer.
Not only are American bases and patrols visible on the map, but also Russian and Turkish, notes edition.
“Here you can see the zone of Russian operations at Khmeimim airbase, as well as the patrol route to the northeast,” the analyst wrote in a post.
Ruzer's colleague Tobias Schneider stated that the French base Madama in Niger is easily recognizable from the track of the fitness tracker. Schneider also showed a map of outposts around the Syrian Mosul based on Strava data.
Analysts say that the most traces of fitness activity were found in the area of ​​American bases in Syria.
Slightly less activity was recorded in the area of ​​the deployment of Russian bases in Syria. In the area of ​​the Iranian military bases in Syria, there are almost no traces of fitness activity.

[sharp-lad]

Self-merged however!

[Archivist Vasya]

Well, you can immediately see who does not have time to sit in applications.

[Olddetractor]

It is strange that in such a place there are servicemen who gravitate towards systematic training, and not the solders of fortunetellers, bukhari and perverts. Where is the world going?