I went on a date with a guy who worked at Strava and I asked, “were you there when soldiers were tracking their jogs around military bases and revealing their locations to foreign governments? That was hella funny.” “It wasn’t funny to me,” he said, which made me think it was even funnier. - ThreadSky

michaelhobbes.bsky.social • 4 days ago

I went on a date with a guy who worked at Strava and I asked, “were you there when soldiers were tracking their jogs around military bases and revealing their locations to foreign governments? That was hella funny.”

“It wasn’t funny to me,” he said, which made me think it was even funnier.

Reposted from Reconstructionist

dawg what the fuck

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emmelinemay.bsky.social•4 days ago

Such efficient wow

dumbcump.bsky.social•4 days ago

one of my coworkers' sister was a lawyer there at the time and i LOVED getting the little updates about what the vibes were

seeyouinnj.bsky.social•4 days ago

Remembering back when revealing classified information was a crime that would get your security clearance revoked and not just another thing your billionaire bud gets away with?

rebeccafachner.bsky.social•4 days ago

If you can’t laugh at that, you’re just not having enough fun in show biz

jumbanho.bsky.social•4 days ago

It was so funny that Strava was blamed by everyone and not the dumbass soldiers

jumbanho.bsky.social•4 days ago

And especially their supervisors, who couldn't be bothered to lock down their phones.

jackq.bsky.social•3 days ago

Policies on what devices are and aren't permitted are not handled at the E5 level typically

lmhinh.bsky.social•4 days ago

Those soldiers are morons. Civilians with security clearances aren’t even allowed to bring mobile devices when they’re in the vicinity of classified areas.

mrnagrom.bsky.social•4 days ago

in all fairness. if you have an app that tracks locations. you should be aware of nation security in your country

wuhanclams.bsky.social•4 days ago

The troops are supposed to be dumb as shit! It's not their fault.

rav3nsmuse.bsky.social•4 days ago

Ima guess there was no second date 😂

andrusi.bsky.social•3 days ago

I mean, if he *was* there, it probably meant his job occasionally suddenly got really scary, so I can see why he wouldn't think that was funny

bonelesshegel.bsky.social•4 days ago

fwiw literally everyone in Fairfax county knows the reputation of that building so it's not much of an outing.

christa.bsky.social•4 days ago

IDF soldiers still do this they simply cannot stop them

tovanish.bsky.social•4 days ago

the hold Strava has on people should be studied

statsboyandi.bsky.social•4 days ago

lol I dated a dude who worked for Leidos and had a related experience

DoD contractors not even once

cursed.monster•4 days ago

It has been responsible for the deletion of more than one Russian war criminal, IIRC, which was both useful AND funny

beijingpalmer.bsky.social•4 days ago

the funniest bit of this was that the main offenders were the kind of spec-ops guys who are like 'don't point that camera at me, boy, my cheekbones are classified'

dumb.baby•4 days ago

i feel like we need a new kind of stand up comedy where guys like this just talk about their job and we all laugh at them

schoenen.bsky.social•4 days ago

storytimeratlarge.bsky.social•4 days ago

Doge in action. Geeezzzus

alexalpi.bsky.social•4 days ago

So, where is it? I wanna see the black site

paneraiwearer.bsky.social•3 days ago

"which sits, fenced in by chain-link topped with barbed wire, at 6810 Loisdale Road in Springfield."

https://www.wired.com/story/gsa-sale-cia-facility/

alexalpi.bsky.social•3 days ago

Thanks!

sockpuppetpundit.bsky.social•4 days ago

Our base is not secret but everyone tags their rides around base.

mccaine.bsky.social•4 days ago

definitely funny. Although constant leaks in war game chat arguments are even funnier

homodavien.bsky.social•4 days ago

It does seem really easy to goad retired generals into data beaches through mild trolling :p.

popeguilty.bsky.social•4 days ago

War Thunder being an ongoing security nightmare is funny every single time it happens

stylo.bsky.social•4 days ago

I didn't really get the War Thunder thing until I saw the sim mode. that sim-lite gameplay fills a niche for ppl who would play a hardcore flightsim like DCS, but are just too lazy. Perfectly targeted for the avg military slacker with access to mildly classified info

https://youtu.be/beTNQLVRy-A?si=HXb6ySrBJcXxj2D-

mechwarrior.bsky.social•4 days ago

vaneharriet.bsky.social•4 days ago

Michael I am begging you to write a tear-off page-a-day calendar of your Zany Dating Anecdotes

byjenamiller.bsky.social•4 days ago

Even funnier that a college kid figured it out.

irynaov.bsky.social•4 days ago

DOUGE-bags

powerful.crabf.art•4 days ago

The lol has being upgraded to a solid lmbo

rwcjesse.bsky.social•4 days ago

In all fairness, locals have known about it since forever. The Washington Post reported on that site in, like 1996.

But these DOGE kids are definitely morons.

agora01619.bsky.social•4 days ago

“Accidentally”

We are so stupid right now.

cookedazuredemon.bsky.social•4 days ago

Aren't you concerned about the facility?

adw.bsky.social•3 days ago

It’s pretty funny

readriderock.bsky.social•4 days ago

madmads33.bsky.social•4 days ago

Soooo, how did the rest of the date gooooo?

shakespeherian.bsky.social•4 days ago

Michael where do you find these guys

jeturcotte.bsky.social•4 days ago

honestly, not sure how 'accidental' it would be

walmsley.bsky.social•4 days ago

privacy stuff has to be just the most insane field to work in. every day you come in and someone is like "if you cross-reference our user history with Amazon delivery records you can dox the entire government of Paraguay"

alexschief.bsky.social•4 days ago

I mean, the Ukrainian special service assassinated a Russian general because he was posting his runs on Strava.

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