How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: February 2, 2018 at 12:28:06 PM EST
> To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit
>
> How the Spies Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Fitbit
>
> The debate over whether fitness trackers should be allowed in sensitive areas has dragged on for years.
>
> By Jenna McLaughlin
> | February 1, 2018, 12:38 PM
>
> When researchers last weekend noticed that a private company had published a global heat map of people running and 
> walking around, based on data uploaded from its fitness application, the news sparked renewed debate in the U.S. 
> national security community about rules governing wearable devices that transmit data.
>
> What wasn’t disclosed by the intelligence and military officials reacting to the news is that the debate over whether 
> fitness trackers should be allowed in sensitive spaces, particularly in intelligence outposts, has raged on for 
> years. And many employees did in fact gain the right to wear certain types of trackers, even in the most sensitive 
> locations.
>
> However, that decision has consistently led to internal disagreement. In some cases, military and  intelligence 
> officials have wide discretion over where and when their employees can use those devices.
>
> “We are aware of the potential impacts of devices that collect and report personal and locational data, such as 
> information contained in the Strava ‘heat map’ recently reported in the press,” a current U.S. intelligence official 
> wrote in an email to Foreign Policy. “The use of personal fitness and similar devices by individuals engaged in U.S. 
> Government support is determined and directed by each agency and department.”
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> https://foreignpolicy.com/2018/02/01/how-the-spies-learned-to-stop-worrying-and-love-fitbit/



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