Gps: Open a track with waze

Waze navigation application, assisted mapping information from users for the traffic, access roads presented sensitive security installations
report said holes on the blog yesterday. The problematic use of the software found using the name of Nitai Peretz, a resident of Kibbutz Revivim (Valie) and reserve infantry division. Peretz, who knows well the training areas, told Haaretz (israeli news Paper)"Browse map of Wise in the kibbutz and was shocked." I suddenly saw all the delegates of the IDF to spread out in front with their code names, "he said. He said he encountered the phenomenon training routes and at least one ongoing security along the Hamat Gader area. Peretz noted however that in most cases you can not see the contractions without increasing the maximum area. Perez explained that in some ways a dangerous thing. Wise relies on its users to map the roads, so that when a user travels along and starts the ability to record lane, he actually paints the road or trail - so users draw map intelligence. Wise is a program designed to help users avoid traffic jams, and for this it displays information about people who travel with the software is running, so a user does so during operational activity - may reveal the location. Peretz added that he understood the users who prefer to exploit the capabilities of the priority of their cell phone rather than the IDF's navigation equipment. But, he says, it does not cause harm to information security. Perez described the problem is severe. "If I am a Syrian intelligence officer or a terrorist who sees it, I can see when there are exercises and I know where are the forces of the IDF. It gives me information about the IDF's training, "he said. He stressed that the problem does not lies in the conversation society or software, but users do not limit themselves to use it during the service. Following the release, the forum Wise warned users "to avoid internal roads mapping army camps sensitive security installations. Also note that if someone turned on the software, users can delete the road, or path, drawn by the program. The IDF said in response query from Haaretz on the subject that "the army command exists on prohibiting use of mobile phones except" Mountain Rose "during training, operations and discussions are classified."

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