Russia? No, Strava. Fitness tracking app makes remote U.S. Army base locations public

When deployed overseas, they keep tracking their jogging routines which appear on Strava's worldwide heat map. So far so good, but those jogging paths are usually inside or around army bases in remote locations like Syria or Afghanistan, and they light up like Christmas trees in the middle of nowhere, while Russian or Iranian military bases in Syria, for instance, are as dark as they should be on a publicly accessible heat map.

Thus, Strava inadvertently has made it very easy to see where the US army sets up shop, whether permanent or temporary, especially in remote places throughout Africa or the Middle East, where the only users of Strava are likely US personnel. No need for expensive surveillance satellites, or ears on the ground, just hit up the fitness tracking map, and those "we have about 2000 advisers on the ground in Syria" claims by the Pentagon can be easily checked for credibility, along with patrol routes, and recent forward outposts. As per Strava's comments when they released the updated heatmap last month: