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A French Navy officer accidentally leaked the location of an aircraft carrier by logging his run on Strava | TechCrunch

TechCrunch·Amanda Silberling·6 months ago
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In Brief Posted: 10:21 AM PDT · March 20, 2026 Image Credits: STR/NurPhoto / Getty Images A French Navy officer went for a run on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and uploaded his workout to Strava, inadvertently leaking the location of the nuclear-powered warship as it heads to the Middle East. First reported by French newspaper Le Monde, the story is not an anomaly — this popular fitness tracking app has proven to be a privacy nightmare before. By default, accounts on the social fitness app are set to public, publishing your route any time you log a workout. Strava data has previously been used to locate military bases around the world . In 2024, Le Monde uncovered French President Emmanuel Macron’s whereabouts by searching for the Strava accounts of his bodyguards, who uploaded public workout data while traveling with him.…

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