Fitness App Data Could Expose National Security Info

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A popular fitness app has suspended a feature that maps user activity after a joint investigation by Dutch news websites De Correspondent and Bellingcat revealed an alarming amount of sensitive data on users.

Using the app Polar Flow, a property of Finnish-based fitness company Polar, journalists were able to reach fitness tracking data of users, regardless of privacy settings, by modifying a web address. ZDNet reports that the app could be improperly queried to retrieve the fitness activity of any user, including many who work in sensitive areas like government, military and intelligence.

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