French officer exposes aircraft carrier location after posting workout on fitness app

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A French aircraft carrier’s location was exposed after a naval officer recorded his workout on the running app Strava without making his profile private amid the war in Iran.

By logging his run through Strava, the seaman revealed the location of the French aircraft carrier Charles de Gaulle in the Mediterranean Sea near Cyprus, making the vessel’s exact location publicly accessible, according to reporting from France’s Le Monde.

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