A beer app is the latest privacy thorn in the U.S. military's side

Some people really just shouldn't post.

Falling into that category, again, are members of the U.S. military who share photos of beer and digitally "check in" to their favorite watering holes via the Untappd app. By using publicly accessible data in the app — in other words, no hacking required — researchers were able to determine scores of private information about those who thought they were just sharing their latest brew.

So reports Bellingcat, a self-described "collective of researchers, investigators and citizen journalists," which both conducted the investigation into the app and published its findings. And what findings they are. Bellingcat was able to determine where specific military personnel live, drink, and work. Its researchers also found photos of military IDs, documents, and equipment that were made public by apparent accident. Read more...

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