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Au: Oops! Rotto Swim GPS tracking bungle kept tracking competitors for days after race was over

Posted on March 4, 2023June 24, 2025 by Dissent

Andrew Porter & Kellie Balaam report:

Rottnest Swim competitors were tracked for four days in real-time after leaving the water and returning home because organisers failed to turn off a GPS feature on a mobile app.

The blunder was only discovered on Wednesday after Reddit users posted screenshots of the location of swimmers and support crews — identified by race numbers — who had signed up for the tracking app on their smartphones.

Read more at The West Australian.

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