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Post by ianmoss on Feb 19, 2014 15:01:42 GMT
A notice for all Strava users. SET ADDRESS PRIVACYThis sets an exclusion size around your home (where you start and finish your Strava) This is so no one can look at your ride, zoom in, use google street view to pinpoint where your house is and steal your bike!You will still be able to see within your own exclusion zone, but others won't. Set it via Profile > Settings > Privacy
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Post by chappers on Feb 19, 2014 16:31:20 GMT
Great tip this - I admit that it never crossed my mind
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Post by robertsims on Feb 19, 2014 16:42:52 GMT
Yes I did it when first went on strava. Might also be worth doing workplace if regularly commute.
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Post by cbrdeano on Feb 19, 2014 16:52:56 GMT
As a further precaution - always leave the exclusion zone the same way.
The thieves are getting clever at working out the centre of the exclusion zone if you leave a different way each time.
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Post by robertsims on Feb 19, 2014 18:40:31 GMT
I have privacy zone on and never turn on garmin until 100yrds down road anyway
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2014 12:04:20 GMT
I offset the exclusion zone so it covers the home address and it's exits but the centre point if calculated leads them to an invalid location
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Post by KiwiBeard on Feb 21, 2014 12:15:05 GMT
Good idea, about doing an offset.
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Post by KiwiBeard on Feb 21, 2014 12:36:56 GMT
I have privacy zone on and never turn on garmin until 100yrds down road anyway Me too, I always start the app next to my local Evans shop. Any thief that will to go to extraordinary lengths to get my bike, will surely be more likely to break into Evans.
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2014 15:22:43 GMT
I offset the exclusion zone so it covers the home address and it's exits but the centre point if calculated leads them to an invalid location That's a good idea, I did this so it would pick up the start of a segment at the end of my road, suppose it works well at further hiding which house I'm at Would be nice if you could alter the size of the exclusion zone up to say a mile if you want to be even more secure.
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Post by fatmanona5a on Feb 22, 2014 16:55:26 GMT
Can't you put in extra security zones, for things like workplace or regular destinations? So how about a cloverleaf of overlapping exclusion zones, to muddy the waters of your home location evanly more?
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Post by Deleted on Feb 23, 2014 21:23:37 GMT
Thanks Ian. Great tip.
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