Soldiers Can Also Be Tracked via Travel App Polarsteps, Home and NATO Mission

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Technology: Users of the Dutch travel app Polarsteps appear to be trackable in real time. Military personnel are not allowed to… the Dutch travel app Polarsteps.

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Dozens of soldiers could also be tracked via the travel app Polarsteps, reports investigative platform Follow the Money (FTM). Yesterday, FTM already revealed that there was a security vulnerability in the app that allowed information from millions of travelers to be collected. Soldiers from the Netherlands, the United States, the United Kingdom, France, and Belgium could be identified and tracked. After a trip on Polarsteps, not all users turn …

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Sharing a holiday trip with friends and family sounds innocent. For military personnel, however, it can be far less wise. The Ministry of Defence has therefore banned the popular Dutch travel app Polarsteps from service phones. The reason for this is an investigation by Follow the Money (FTM), which revealed that military personnel could be tracked relatively easily via the app.