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Pin Lean Lau, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Bio-Law, Brunel University of London

Fitness apps can reveal your location – updated laws would help plug this hole in our personal security

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Fitness apps have revolutionised the way we approach health and exercise. They provide users with the ability to track their workouts, monitor their progress towards fitness goals and share achievements with a like-minded community. However, these benefits come with significant privacy and security risks, particularly regarding the disclosure of users’ locations.

Recent articles in the Guardian and French newspaper Le Monde, reported that fitness apps, such as Strava, had revealed the locations of some world leaders, posing a potential security risk.

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