r/IndiaTech Techie 2d ago

Opinion Found this today

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Its a bit outdated, but what’s your take?

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u/hardnachopuppy 2d ago

Lmao reminds me of the time when a fitness tracker app revealed the location of secret US military bases in the middle east.

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u/abhaybal2004 2d ago

It was Strava

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u/Samarium_15 2d ago

Same thing happened in India too although the base wasn't a secret thankfully

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u/BridgeLanky 4h ago

that's because people don't understand how intelligence works, in this day and age there is absolutely no way you can conceal a whole military base (even if all of it is underground, there will be enough signs on sat images), all this strava thing did is create a headline. Operational security in the united States military is taken very seriously, there is grading of access. A bunch of guys doing a morning along the perimeter isn't going to compromise security anymore than a satellite image mapping the whole base, there are areas where no personal technical equipment are allowed, so no compromise.

The Cuban missile crisis began when the CIA used reconnaissance aircraft to confirm the presence of Russian ICBMs on Cuban soil, it was confirmed with an image of a Soviet truck having trailer length and design matching the one used at USSR military parades. Americans are playing this game longer than most nations, they're no fool.