Strava's Huge Privacy Zone Expansion: Hands-on Explainer

Today Strava announced two sets of privacy-focused changes, arguably the biggest shift the platform has done in years with respect to user privacy. These new features allow you to significantly change what others can see about your activities, including everything from hiding which data metrics people see, to whether people see a location map at all, and new customization of how privacy zones work. The new features can be applied on a per-activity basis, or across all new activities.

Note that while these features are being announced today, they won’t reach all users till next Wednesday – August 18th, 2021. Some users will have access to them now, but expect a full roll-out by then. I’ve been using both sets of features for a bit now, and ironically, traveling right now is probably the greatest example of how much better the new tools are than the old tools.

I’ve divided things up into two buckets: Privacy-zone type features (basically hiding where you live/stay), and then activity privacy-related features (such as hiding heart rate, power, pace). Let’s dive into it!

Finally – almost every one of these features is available to *ALL USERS*. The only feature that’s limited to Strava Subscribers is a new map line coloring feature (which I’ll talk about towards the end).

0:00 Intro
0:36 Configuring Privacy Distances
4:10 Hiding Data Metrics & Stats
4:41 New Private Notes Field
5:47 New Stat Map Overlays
6:32 Wrap Up

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