{"id":3488609,"date":"2026-03-20T17:21:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:21:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/a-french-navy-officer-unintentionally-disclosed-the-position-of-an-aircraft-carrier-by-recording-his-activity-on-strava\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T17:21:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T17:21:18","slug":"a-french-navy-officer-unintentionally-disclosed-the-position-of-an-aircraft-carrier-by-recording-his-activity-on-strava","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/2026\/03\/20\/a-french-navy-officer-unintentionally-disclosed-the-position-of-an-aircraft-carrier-by-recording-his-activity-on-strava\/","title":{"rendered":"A French Navy officer unintentionally disclosed the position of an aircraft carrier by recording his activity on Strava."},"content":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An officer of the French Navy took a jog on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and shared his exercise on Strava, unintentionally exposing the position of the nuclear-powered vessel as it makes its way to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As first reported by the French publication Le Monde, this incident is not unique \u2014 the widely used fitness tracking platform has previously been a source of privacy concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By default, the social fitness app&#8217;s accounts are public, revealing your route every time you record a workout. Strava data has been used in the past to identify military installations globally. In 2024, Le Monde found out the location of French President Emmanuel Macron by exploring the Strava profiles of his bodyguards, who posted public workout information while accompanying him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"541\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lemonde-strava.avif?w=680\" alt class=\"wp-image-3104435\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-element-caption__text\">An anonymized graphic from Le Monde illustrating the run in question<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Le Monde (opens in a new window)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macron had already publicly disclosed the deployment of the carrier, so its navigation through the Mediterranean was known. However, the French military remains endangered when an officer reveals its exact position. A spokesperson for the French Armed Forces mentioned to Le Monde that the officer\u2019s actions \u201cdo not adhere to current protocols,\u201d which \u201csailors are routinely informed of.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strava did not provide a response to TechCrunch\u2019s request for comment prior to publication, but this serves as a reminder for everyone; even if you&#8217;re not a military member, it\u2019s advisable to set your Strava account to private.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An officer of the French Navy took a jog on the deck of the Charles de Gaulle aircraft carrier and shared his exercise on Strava, unintentionally exposing the position of the nuclear-powered vessel as it makes its way to the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As first reported by the French publication Le Monde, this incident is not unique \u2014 the widely used fitness tracking platform has previously been a source of privacy concerns.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">By default, the social fitness app&#8217;s accounts are public, revealing your route every time you record a workout. Strava data has been used in the past to identify military installations globally. In 2024, Le Monde found out the location of French President Emmanuel Macron by exploring the Strava profiles of his bodyguards, who posted public workout information while accompanying him.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" height=\"541\" width=\"680\" src=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/lemonde-strava.avif?w=680\" alt class=\"wp-image-3104435\"><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><span class=\"wp-element-caption__text\">An anonymized graphic from Le Monde illustrating the run in question<\/span><span class=\"wp-block-image__credits\"><strong>Image Credits:<\/strong>Le Monde (opens in a new window)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Macron had already publicly disclosed the deployment of the carrier, so its navigation through the Mediterranean was known. However, the French military remains endangered when an officer reveals its exact position. A spokesperson for the French Armed Forces mentioned to Le Monde that the officer\u2019s actions \u201cdo not adhere to current protocols,\u201d which \u201csailors are routinely informed of.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Strava did not provide a response to TechCrunch\u2019s request for comment prior to publication, but this serves as a reminder for everyone; even if you&#8217;re not a military member, it\u2019s advisable to set your Strava account to private.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"Default","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3488609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488609"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3488609"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3488609\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3488609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3488609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techingeek.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3488609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}