INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Just six months after competing fitness tracking company Strava came under fire for revealing the location of US military bases, Finnish
wearable company Polar has experienced similar privacy concerns and has suspended its 'Explore' service as a result.Polar is the
manufacturer of such popular running watches as the Polar M200 and M400, as well as fitness-oriented smart watches like the Polar M430 and
data on its users and their activities around the globe, displaying it in a similar fashion to the activity map that was responsible for
to discover the locations of secret military sites around the globe from the data found via the Explore function.However, with enough
home address and the perimeter of a military base that doubles as a jogging route.Frozen appPolar has issued a statement addressing the
security loophole, clarifying that there has been no leak or breach of private data, and has apologized for the suspension of its Explore
This will also stop the service from sharing your information with third-party apps such as Facebook.
