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StravaLeaks: Dates of French nuclear submarine patrols revealed by careless crew members
FRANCE 24 English
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1/14/2025
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It's the most secret naval base in France. Impossible to enter without an extensive search
00:06
and all electronics must be locked away.
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And for good reason.
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ÃŽle Long, in the harbour of Brest in Brittany, is home to France's four nuclear-powered ballistic
00:15
missile submarines.
00:17
But this security fortress was breached when 16 submariners went for a run with their smartwatches,
00:22
inadvertently leaking their patrol schedules via the Strava app that mapped and shared
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their route.
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I think this is serious because those submarines are our nuclear deterrent, safeguarding the
00:34
country. Some things must stay secret.
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The Navy has announced the servicemen involved have been sanctioned, with strict reminders
00:42
issued to all personnel.
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Negligence on the part of some personnel does not constitute breaches that could affect
00:48
the activities of the ÃŽle Long operational base.
00:52
Strava is the largest sporting community worldwide, boasting 120 million users and
00:57
billions of journeys recorded, visible for anyone to view online, if the privacy settings
01:02
haven't been changed.
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Every 400 metres that I run, it saves the data in a route. If I choose to leave it public,
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anyone can see where I've been.
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In the forces, efforts are made to reduce personnel's digital footprint, but it's not
01:18
always possible.
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Considering personal lives are now all digitised, it's become really hard, especially when you
01:27
have people away from their families for weeks or months at a time.
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The French Navy aren't the only victims though. Le Monde found the movements of Joe Biden,
01:37
Emmanuel Macron and Vladimir Putin could all be traced via their bodyguards' public usage
01:42
of Strava.
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