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GPS exercise data can reveal sensitive military locations

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How GPS data might also be revealing sensitive national security information.

GPS data created by millions of people who use mobile devices or apps to track their exercise might also be revealing sensitive national security information. A 20-year-old Australian student discovered the locations of bases where military forces and intelligence services exercise by studying heat maps. John Yang talks to Zack Whittaker of ZDNet.

01/29/2018

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