Re:Strava app shows your name, pic, info to nearby runners u...
by ultrarunner on Monday September 21, 2020 @04:39PM
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They disabled or hobbled several useful features in response to soldiers sharing their location with a location sharing app. Maybe they were idealistic in assuming people who used the app wanted its functionality, but reckless does not describe the situation accurately.
I haven't used it, but if the company is so set on opt-out versus opt-in, maybe it'd be preferable to default to 1st or 2nd degree connections only for location sharing. For the fly-By functionality where it's supposed to be public, it seems a little reckless to disclose name, picture, and location by default. I can also definitely think of other popular apps that do this.