How did no one working at Strava think about the implications of releasing this data? Zero scrutiny? I am sure there are some very interesting locations on there... reading through the twitter thread it would seem so
Yes, there is a bright line on Strava that leads from a spiderweb of trails in the park right to the door of my private, personal house! My neighbors don't run often, but I post on Strava 5 days a week, so my driveway stands out like a yellow arrow. You could learn, from the Strava dataset, that someone (me) lives in my house. Gasp! /s.
Of course someone lives in my house. It is not news to anyone local. My address is on the map, and it's pretty obvious that someone lives here if you drive by and see it.
What damage has Strava done by releasing this data? Humans that post on Strava are not hermits, trying to remain secret in their underground hideouts in the middle of nowhere. We live in houses, or on giant military bases...we're not exactly hidden.
There is something (seriously) wrong with the above thinking. I don't think I need to spell it out.
- The answer is: it's the attitude itself which I consider equivalent.
Here again is the poster (direct unmodified and representative quote):
>Of course someone lives in my house. It is not news to anyone local. My address is on the map, and it's pretty obvious that someone lives here if you drive by and see it.
Here is my pretend quote for comparison:
>It's no secret that I'm a [Democrat/Republican] - You could get the same information just by asking.
If you don't see how this is literally the exact same attitude then you kind of need me to come up with scenarios.
Since you politely asked me to spell it out, what is your guess - what do I mean, why is it the same attitude exactly?
I appreciate your tone with me and if you will do me the courtesy of guessing what I mean then I can correct you if that is not what I meant. What's your most charitable guess, why did I mean that it is the same attitude?
>"Yes, there is a bright line on Strava that leads from a spiderweb of trails in the park right to the door of my private, personal house! "
... and not to laps around it, ever. So their voting with their feet is recorded plainly for everyone to see. Doubt they checked "Share my personal steps (location) history with entire world" in any agreement - nobody would check that box any more than anyone would check a Gmail box "Allow Google to publish all contents of my Google account, including all chats and emails, with entire world."
But their attitude is "so what - people could see that information anyway". It's exactly the same attitude as "so what - if anyone asked me I'd be happy to tell them I'm a [Democrat/Republican]". Please judge their sentiment here (attitude) as that is what I am comparing.
Would you agree it's the same attitude?
I agree that voting records should be kept secret, but information like the location of a house at the end of my line on the Strava heatmap is not analogous to voting records.