Strava is proving again to be the source of not just kudos, but sensitive military information. The latest incident comes after a French sailor took a jog aboard the nation’s lone aircraft carrier, then posted that run to his public Strava profile.
Now, the general location of the aircraft carrier, Charles de Gaulle, in the Mediterranean is not secret. That was announced early in March, shortly after the Israel/U.S. war on Iran started.
But Le Monde, who broke the Strava story, point out that “The young man has just reported, almost in real time, the exact position in the Mediterranean Sea of the aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle and its escort, northwest of Cyprus and about 100 kilometers from the Turkish coast.”
If you’ve been watching the news lately, you might have noticed that tensions in the Mediterranean are quite high at the moment. The U.S. President, Donald Trump, is strongly requesting assistance in the area to re-open the Strait of Hormuz. It’s not the best time to be sharing detailed information about the movements of your bosses big boat.
The jogger, who Le Monde have dubbed “Arthur,” didn’t post a photo to go with his 7km run. But his Garmin Forerunner 955 does show he averaged 4:58/km for 36 minutes. Not bad considering Arthur is contained to the area of an aircraft carrier, which Wikipedia says is about 261.5m long.
Despite the solid effort, Arthur is not getting any kudos from the French military brass for his jog. The Armed Forces General Staff told Le Monde that the jog was against current regulations and that “appropriate measures will be taken by the command.”
“StravaLeaks” not so fit history
Le Monde is adding this sailor’s attempt to find his sea legs, or legs at sea, to its “StravaLeaks” file. File, because this comes not so long after numerous bodyguards to Emannuel Macron revealed potentially sensitive information about his movements by recording runs on the social fitness platform. Yes, French President Emannuel Macron.
But not just Macron. Trump, Biden, even the highly secretive Russian President Vladimir Putin all had crucial details of their location revealed by security details’s not so secret Strava profiles.
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