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Fitness app Strava gives away location of Biden, Trump and other leaders, French newspaper says. (apnews.com)
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[โ€“] benignintervention 61 points 4 months ago (2 children)

I used this exact thing as a teaching aid when I taught the ROTC opsec lesson. Also scared a couple kids pale when I told them Snapchat keeps a 6-month record of everything you send

[โ€“] granolabar@kbin.melroy.org 44 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Also scared a couple kids pale when I told them Snapchat keeps a 6-month record of everything you send

Dick pics never get wiped ๐Ÿธ

[โ€“] 7U5K3N@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 4 months ago

hotdog

That app probably

[โ€“] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 21 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Only 6 months? Honestly I'm surprised it's so short of time frame.

[โ€“] benignintervention 30 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I guess to be more specific, you can request 6 months of your data

[โ€“] Gormadt@lemmy.blahaj.zone 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Ah that makes more sense

They probably horde that data like a Dragon hordes gold

[โ€“] catloaf@lemm.ee 12 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The NSA has entire datacenters just to store your data.

[โ€“] rc__buggy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 months ago

Never know what might come in handy.