Maybe this isn’t realistic, but it seems to me that personnel in sensitive sites should, upon arrival, have to spend like ninety seconds showing their devices to an inspector to demonstrate that they’ve got their privacy settings in order, and it should be required not to change those settings without permission. This isn’t the first time that security has been breached by an app with GPS, right?
I’d even think it’d be feasible to have an app sort of like a password manager that reviews privacy settings on all apps and ensures conformity to military guidelines.
I don’t run w/ a phone; when I used strava, it automagically (after granting permission) uploaded from Garmin’s website after I synched my watch w/ that site. This works the same for other platforms as well. You can also upload activities directly from your watch using the .fit file.
My phone (default: GPS off; only turned on when needed for a specific app; no Strava app ever installed) would pass w/ flying colors but I could still break security.
I can see that, for some. My motivation comes from bettering myself, regardless of how others are doing. For that I don’t need to track the exact route. I tried it briefly with Tracks, but just didn’t get it. Perhaps I’m the anomaly. Again.
I disabled Garmin data flowing to Strava in Strava but it was still showing up; apparently one needs to disable it in Strava, where permission was granted originally & also disable it in Garmin Connect, even though I never enabled it there.