Fitness App settings you DIDN'T KNOW were turned ON!

Thanks for having me on your show!

App developers: "Let's add a privacy setting so people can protect their data." Also app developers: "Let's add 6 separate privacy settings for other features, have them bypass or ignore the main privacy setting(s), and enable them by default."

That was quite astonishing and highly informative. There is obviously no way to guess how many hidden settings may be required to turn off every privacy violating feature, and that's assuming they can all be turned off. It's no small challenge. Thank you for raising this issue. We are forever in your debt.😊

Two of my favorite YouTube channels just collided. If they can get Jack, they can get anyone!

One thing that nearly caught me off guard was Apple. Their Health data is E2E encrypted, but NOT their Fitness data. That data is still being collected, but (according to Apple) “anonymised”, with some extra toggles for leaderboard functionality. I'm not sure if they're on by default, though.

Came here from a shoutout at Jacks podcast, and few videos alone have given me a lot to think about when it comes to privacy. Thank you!

Remember if it is free, you are the product.

Just WOW! How do militaries allow their personnel to have these devices on them?

anyone and everyone is completely vulnerable to involuntary bad opsec. it takes more work and effort to do anything today. there is a cost to privacy. sad truth.

Great video. It's funny I thought about it early this morning. I'll be happy to have a private fitness app. BTW I think it's the same situation regarding music apps. How do I keep my privacy when listening to music when I am running?

I haven't used one in a few years, even deleted from my mobile. Thanks again for letting us know.

I used strava briefly until a fellow started guessing where I live and what job I do to be riding at the times I did and where I went. That was it for me. Creepy to say the least. Or at least he was one who spoke out. How many silent observers could there be?

More great advice Naomi. Thank you.

One more incredible relevant content. Good one Naomi!

you're awesome, keep it up, let everyone know, and if you know how they do it, they can't do it.

Naomi is the greatest, never forget that on this Saturday.

What this actually shows is that despite them claiming that the privacy settings are on, the company is storing and databasing all the data anyway if the app is given permission.

This is yet another reason I advocate for a Resource Based Economy. Our current social system is heavily focused on profit, not the health and well-being of its citizens.

Appreciate the deep dive into this and making people aware of how data can leak, but it is almost entirely out of date with respect to Strava. By default, your activities are only shared to "followers" and not posted to segments / public unless you actively change it. Also it hides / obfuscates the initial several hundred meters at the beginning and end of the activity, again by default unless you turn it off. Likely from some of the incidents you've mentioned they've moved from "public by default" to "friends / followers only by default". I think it's important to recognize where and when apps and systems have improved and responded in the face of criticism, as it helps understand how we can work to improve things.

Thanks for sharing Naomi.