The Strava Leaks

Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

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Society & Culture

4.3 • 10.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 October 2025

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

The modern world is full of apps -- and we don't mean appetizers. Apps are tiny programs that can do countless neat, convenient things... often with a catch. As Ben, Matt and Noel discover in tonight's episode, some apps, even innocuous things for workouts and cycling, can lead to disastrous breaches of personal privacy and national security. This is the story of the Strava Leaks.

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0:00.0	From UFOs to psychic powers and government conspiracies, history is riddled with unexplained events.
0:06.5	You can turn back now or learn the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:12.0	A production of IHeart Radio. Hello, welcome back to the show.
0:28.5	My name is Matt.
0:29.3	My name is Noel.
0:30.3	They call me Ben.
0:31.7	We're joined, as always, with our super producer, Dylan, the Tennessee pal Fagan.
0:36.3	Most importantly, you are you, you are here.
0:39.6	That makes this the stuff they don't want you to know.
0:43.6	And gentlemen, the numbers came in.
0:46.3	A lot of people are listening to the show on an app.
0:51.1	Okay.
0:52.2	Yeah.
0:52.5	That makes sense.
0:53.9	Sure. Yes. That is how Apple Podcasts was born once. Okay. That makes sense. Sure.
0:54.6	That is how Apple Podcasts was born once as an iTunes.
1:00.4	Yes, yes.
1:01.8	And I wanted to maybe pop the top on this one by asking you guys, what is your favorite or least favorite app?
1:10.8	Not to be confused with appetizers. We're
1:13.2	talking about the handy little programs that do all sorts of stuff. Is a game an app? A game can be
1:18.7	an app. Ballatro. Okay. Yeah. Yeah. Your notes for the Bellatro. It's very good. It's a very good
1:25.3	game. Highly recommend. Now, there's some really good useful ones.
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