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Privacy has become a very important issue in modern society, with companies and governments constantly abusing their power, more and more people are waking up to the importance of digital privacy.

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They discover that it is possible to track the address of Strava users thanks to global activity maps (observatorial.com)

submitted 1 year ago by kixik@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Overeater@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

To maintain privacy using Strava

Check and adjust privacy settings.
Use a pseudonym instead of your real name.
Be cautious about sharing personal information in posts/comments/pictures.
Keep the app updated.
Start tracking your activities away from home location ideally in dense populated area

Article states that researchers tested accuracy was 37.5%. Still that’s high enough to have a habit of staring and stopping tracking activity further away from home location.