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1. Mike Gerwitz (mikegerwitz@social.mikegerwitz.com)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 22:25:58 EST Mike Gerwitz
   This is a couple days old, but:
   
   https://social.mikegerwitz.com/url/35124
   
   Fitness trackers were exposing GPS data of users at military bases and other classified sites.
   
   The fact that the US military and CIA didn't consider such an obvious threat is beyond me. This is the very first thing I think of every time I see them on someone's wrist (which is nearly every day).
   
   Some people want to be tracked. That's their choice. But people need to be informed on these topics. I can't imagine that someone on a military or CIA base, knowing full well that their location is being reported to third parties, would continue to wear such a device.
   
   #privacy #security
   1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 22:32:48 EST Annah

      in reply to
      @mikegerwitz Not to mention on the practical side a military would want to maintain operation security.  That these devices were not vetted before being allowed into a secured site is a huge security lapse on their part.
      1. lnxw48a1 (lnxw48a1@nu.federati.net)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 23:02:46 EST lnxw48a1

         in reply to
         @mikegerwitz @maiyannah Maybe this will finally result in making non-cloud fitness trackers widely available. I don't have any need or use for the company's cloud service, and I resent the way most fitness trackers won't even work unless the cloud-based spying service is enabled.
         1. Annah (maiyannah@community.highlandarrow.com)'s status on Wednesday, 31-Jan-2018 23:04:06 EST Annah

            in reply to
            @lnxw48a1 @mikegerwitz Doubtful, but one can hope.