> I can assume Strava is GDPR compliant and would not publish this information without the sailors concent?

Historically there was a problem where user's data was aggregated into a global view. But these days you'd have to follow the user on Strava to get this sort of track.

I suspect that a journalist at Le Monde has a naval buddy on Strava and posted the story.

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PeterStuer 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

So how did the carriers network not block Strava? I doubt the sailors watch was direct to satellite.

And why would a Le Monde 'journalist' dox his 'buddy' and expose and thus endanger the ship? Anything for a click?

	▲	philipwhiuk an hour ago \| parent [-]
		> So how did the carriers network not block Strava? I'm sure someone in the tech team is getting questioned on this.

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loeg 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Surely the GPDR does not prevent users from consenting to share their data with a public audience.

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philipwhiuk an hour ago | parent [-]

It doesn't, but the effect of gaining consent and being opt-in vastly reduced the data. Strava also made it (in 2019) so you'd need at least N samples for it to be visible rather than simply a single user.

	▲	loeg an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Public sharing on Strava is opt-in for users outside of Europe, too. Yet many users choose to share publically. > Strava also made it (in 2019) so you'd need at least N samples for it to be visible Presumably you're talking about the Global Heatmap? This used to be updated only annually. Is it more real-time now?