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Security of your house through GPS Track

Former Member over 10 years ago

Is it possible to have the feature (like Strava has) to have an area around your private home address that is 'blurred'.
Or not visible for strangers to see?

It might lead to people who have a low privacy settings, to become victims of burglary.

Kind Regards,

Tom

0 JSRUNNER_ over 10 years ago

There's already a big thread on this - but security doesn't seem to be a Garmin priority

0 Dr Phil over 10 years ago

I'm sure security is a consideration, but really, how much of an issue is this?

0 JSRUNNER_ over 10 years ago

Not huge but a simple solution already implemented by Strava. If you wonder about Garmin's commitment to security then you only have to look at their seeming inability to focus on the issue whereby users can get logged into someone else's account and see all their activities - that issue has been around for at least a year

0 Former Member over 10 years ago

As JS said it's not a huge problem, however I'm not going to share my data (outside of friends / groups) or partake in Garmins segments until a solution is implemented. Not joining in with segments isn't much of an issue near me either, as so few have been created. Whereas it's difficult to travel 1/2 mile without crossing a Strava segment.... To my mind the lack of privacy is self defeating for Garmin.