How to prevent Strava from publishing your home address

Diet is one of the best tracking apps for running and cycling, but it is also a nightmare for privacy. Not only have people location of secret US military bases leaked. UU. just by using it, but also automatically shares your training routes on the web. If you start at home, anyone can find out where you live.

Strava is a social network, after all

Strava is, fundamentally, a social network for fitness fans. Sharing your location data is what enables you to compare your performance on different routes and segments with others., whether I know them or not. Strengthening your privacy settings will prevent you from using some of these social features. As an example, you will not be able to have the fastest time on that nearby hill on the publicly visible leader, so there are no King or Queen of the Mountain awards for you.

At the same time, unlike many apps that track your location, Strava really needs to know where you are to work. The problem is not that you are overreaching and recording information that you should not; rather, the thing is, by default, information is shared publicly. AND, What is worse, many people don't know.

We do not suggest you block Strava from knowing your location. Despite this, instead, Please review the following privacy settings and set them to a level that you are comfortable with.

Access Strava privacy settings

To have access to the privacy settings in the Strava website, click on your profile icon at the top left. Next, go to Settings> Privacy controls.

In the Strava app, go to the Profile tab and then touch Settings> Privacy controls.

For the most part, the configuration is the same, even though there are some more options available on the web portal.

Change your privacy settings

The most important privacy settings are located in “where do you appear”. You can control who can do everything listed here. By default, all are configured as “Everybody”. Let's take a look at each of these settings.

“profile page”

Your profile page has your name on it, Location, activities and other personal information. The two options here are “Everybody” O “Followers”.

If selected “Everybody”, well, everyone on Strava can see a lot about you. According to Strava, anyone can see all your profile details unless that person is blocked. This includes all the next information:

• Your profile picture and recent photos
• Your location
• You bio
• Activity statistics this week (weather, distance and elevation)
• The last four weeks of the calendar widget
• Clubs
• Recent achievements
• Your trophy box
• Who you follow and who follows you
• COM / QOM
• Your posts
• Your weekly goals / yearly
• Your activity bar graph and summaries
• Side by side comparison
• Your shoes

At the same time, Anyone can follow you without your approval and keep up to date with all your activities. Even if someone doesn't follow you, your profile page will remain visible on the web, which means that anyone can see all the next information:

• Your full name and location
• You bio
• Your trophy box
• Your activity bar graph
• Your total statistics for the month (distance, time and elevation)
• Your recent achievements
• Your statistics for the year until today (distance, weather, elevation and quantity)
• Your all-time stats (distance, weather, elevation and quantity)
• The number of people you follow and the number of people who follow you
• Your recent photos

If you are concerned about your privacy, we suggest you select “Followers” in the section “Who can see”, even if it is only to be able to approve new followers.

“Activities”

Everything you record on Strava is an activity. Settings in the menu “Activities” just change the default privacy settings for your future activities. You always have the option to share or hide each one when you record it. The three options are: “Everybody”, “Followers” and “Only you”.

If you select “Everybody” (the default), your activities are visible on the web if the menu “Who can see” in its “profile page” it is also configured as “Everybody”. Opposite case, only people who are logged into Strava can see them. Your activities are further listed on segment and challenge leaderboards..

If you select “Followers”, only your followers can see the full details of your activities. Despite this, other Strava members can see a summary of things like their distance and time, depending on your other settings. Despite this, your activities will not appear in the Segment and Challenge leaderboards.

If you select “Only you”, your activities are totally private; only you will see them.

Choose the option that is most comfortable for you. You can also adjust each activity individually. Despite this, if you want to use Strava's more social features and have your leaderboard times listed publicly, should share those activities with everyone.

If you prefer that only your friends see your workouts, choose “Followers”.

“Group activities”

If you train with others, or your path overlaps with someone else's more than 30 percent of the time, and everyone makes their activities public on Strava, they will be grouped. The two settings here are “Everybody” and “Followers”.

If you select “Everybody”, any Strava user will see that it is part of a group workout. If you prefer that only the people who follow you (or the ones you follow) they can see that you are part of a group, Choose “Followers”.

“overflights”

“Flybys” it's a Strava's experimental function enabling you to replay an activity and see who else was close to you. If you select “Everybody”, anyone using this feature will be able to see if you were around when they were exercising.

If you select “Nobody”, it will not be displayed on anyone's Flyby nor will you be able to use the feature yourself.

Creation of privacy zones

If you want to share your activities so you can compete on the leaderboards, but you don't want to risk revealing your home or work address, you can create a Privacy Zone. If your career starts or ends within a Privacy Zone, that part will be hidden from everyone else.

To create a privacy zone, type the address and then click “choose radius” to create your zone size. Subsequently, click on “Create privacy zone”. Choose a larger area if you live in a less dense neighborhood.

Strava automatically randomizes the shape of the area so that its exact location cannot be easily triangulated. To re-randomize the location, click on “Regenerate”.

Set the privacy of an individual activity

You can determine the privacy settings for each activity. As an example, you can make your best careers public, but hide your daily training sessions. To customize settings for a specific activity, just open it in Strava and then click the Edit icon (the pencil).

On “Privacy controls” has the following options:

• “Who can see”: Determine if “Everybody”, only their “Followers” O “Only you” you can see the activity.
• “Hide heart rate data”: This keeps your heart rate information private..

Edit past activities

If you want to change the privacy settings of past activities, go to Settings> Privacy. On “Edit past activities”, select “activity visibility” and then click “Next”.

You can change the visibility of all past activities to “Everybody”, “Followers” O “Only you”. Select the option you want and then click “Next”.

Confirm your choice and Strava will update the privacy settings for each activity you have logged. If you just realized how much data you have been sharing on Strava, this is a great option.

How to block someone on Strava

If you want to prevent someone from seeing information about your activities, can block it. Just find the person's profile on Strava and then click on the gear icon. Click on “block athlete” and then click on it again.

The easy to do list

Strava setup is a bit tricky and confusing. If you are not interested in exploring which options are right for you, you can lock your privacy only for followers. This means that you must approve each new follower..

To do this, go to Settings> Privacy controls. On “profile page”, “Activities” and “group activities”, select “Followers”. Subsequently, establish “overflight” on “Nobody”.

Add a Privacy Zone around your home, workplace and any other address you don't want to be public.

Finally, to make sure none of your past activities are public, on “Edit past activities”, establish “Activity visibility” on “Followers”.

Now, your profile is nice and safe. AND, if you have a really good race or trip and you want it to appear in the leaderboard, you can choose to make it public.