Fitness tracking app Polar Flow allowed anyone with relatively little effort to work out the names, home addresses and daily movement routes of thousands of military and intelligence officials who ...

Running data from the popular Polar Flow app could show sensitive military details. (Staff Sgt. Jason W. Fudge/Marine Corps) Military officials working at nuclear weapons facilities. FBI and NSA ...

The fitness app Polar Flow exposes the whereabouts of some of its high-profile users, including “spies” and those with sensitive positions in the military. Fitness device maker Polar Flow suspended an ...

Finnish-based fitness tracking app Polar has temporarily disabled its global activity map feature after last week journalists used it to track down the real-world identities of military and ...

Who would have thought getting in shape could be so risky. Fitness apps help you track your runs, calories burned, and maybe even your heart rate. If you happen to be using a Polar device and its ...

In the latest incident of seemingly innocuous data sharing leading to potentially dangerous exposure, the popular fitness app and activity trackers Polar Flow has been revealing the location of ...

Finnish wearable maker Polar has launched its first-ever screen-free fitness tracker. The Polar Loop can measure activity, sleep, and overall health data 24/7 and offer helpful insights through its ...

A popular fitness app that tracks the activity data on millions of users has inadvertently revealed the locations of personnel working at military bases and intelligence services. The app, Polar Flow, ...

Polar has launched the Polar Loop, a minimalist fitness band without a display or a subscription fee. The device tracks heart rate, activity, sleep, and recovery and syncs data to the Polar Flow app.

Polar, the Finnish brand best known for its heart rate monitoring equipment and wearables, has had to temporarily suspend their Explore feature, due to reports of location data being exposed. Various ...